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Other Comprehensive Income Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items] |  |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Other comprehensive income activity, net of tax, is provided in the following table for the quarter ended September 30, 2013:
Dollar amounts in millions |  | Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Pension adjustments |  | Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments |  | Unrealized gain (loss) on investments |  | Other |  | Total
Balance at June 30, 2013 |  | $ | (14.7 | ) |  | $ | (96.0 | ) |  | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | 2.2 |  |  | $ | (2.0 | ) |  | $ | (110.8 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  | 0.3 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | 2.3 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income |  | — |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | (1.3 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive income |  | 0.3 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | 1.0 |
Balance at September 30, 2013 |  | $ | (14.4 | ) |  | $ | (95.0 | ) |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 2.0 |  |  | $ | (2.0 | ) |  | $ | (109.8 | )
| Other comprehensive income activity, net of tax, is provided in the following table for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:
Dollar amounts in millions |  | Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Pension adjustments |  | Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments |  | Unrealized gain (loss) on investments |  | Other |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | (7.6 | ) |  | $ | (99.0 | ) |  | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | (2.0 | ) |  | $ | (107.9 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  | (6.8 | ) |  | 8.0 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.1 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income |  | — |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4.0 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive income |  | (6.8 | ) |  | 4.0 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | (1.9 | )
Balance at September 30, 2013 |  | $ | (14.4 | ) |  | $ | (95.0 | ) |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 2.0 |  |  | $ | (2.0 | ) |  | $ | (109.8 | )
Disclosure of Reclassification Amount [Text Block] | Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 are summarized, in millions of dollars, in the following table:
Details about accumulated other comprehensive income components |  | Amount reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income |  | Affected line item in the statement where net income (loss) is presented
Amortization of defined benefit pension plans |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | (a)
Actuarial loss |  | 1.8 |  |  | (a)
Transition obligation |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (a)
|  | 1.8 |  |  | Total before tax
|  | 0.5 |  |  | Tax (provision) benefit
Total reclassifications for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | Net of tax
____________ (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost, see Note 16 for additional details. The net periodic pension cost is included in Cost of sales and Selling and | Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 are summarized, in millions of dollars, in the following table:
Details about accumulated other comprehensive income components |  | Amount reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income |  | Affected line item in the statement where net income (loss) is presented
Amortization of defined benefit pension plans |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | (a)
Actuarial loss |  | 5.5 |  |  | (a)
Transition obligation |  | (0.2 | ) |  | (a)
|  | 5.5 |  |  | Total before tax
|  | 1.5 |  |  | Tax (provision) benefit
Total reclassifications for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 |  | $ | 4.0 |  |  | Net of tax
____________ (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost, see Note 16 for additional details. The net periodic pension cost is included in Cost of sales and Selling and

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