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Other Comprehensive Income Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 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 three months ended March 31, 2014:
Dollar amounts in millions |  | Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Pension adjustments |  | Unrealized gain (loss) on investments |  | Other |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | (19.2 | ) |  | $ | (70.3 | ) |  | $ | 2.0 |  |  | $ | (1.7 | ) |  | $ | (89.2 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  | (1.8 | ) |  | 2.6 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 0.9 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income |  | — |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | (1.3 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive income |  | (1.8 | ) |  | 1.3 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | (0.4 | )
Balance at March 31, 2014 |  | $ | (21.0 | ) |  | $ | (69.0 | ) |  | $ | 2.1 |  |  | $ | (1.7 | ) |  | $ | (89.6 | )
| Other comprehensive income activity, net of tax, is provided in the following table for the three months ended March 31, 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 |  | 1.9 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 4.9 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income |  | — |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1.3 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive income |  | 1.9 |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3.6 |
Balance at March 31, 2013 |  | $ | (5.7 | ) |  | $ | (97.6 | ) |  | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | (2.0 | ) |  | $ | (104.3 | )
Disclosure of Reclassification Amount [Text Block] | Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 are summarized, in millions of dollars, in the following table:
|  | Amount reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income |  |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
Details about accumulated other comprehensive income components |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 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 |  | 1.4 |  |  | 1.8 |  |  | (a)
Transition obligation |  | 0.4 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (a)
|  | 1.8 |  |  | 1.8 |  |  | Total before tax
|  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | Tax (provision) benefit
Total reclassifications |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | Net of tax
____________ (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost, see Note 15 for additional details. The net periodic pension cost is included in Cost of sales and Selling and administrative line items in the Consolidated Statements of Income. |

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