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Other Comprehensive Income Other Comprehensive Income (Notes) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Note | OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 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 | )
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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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 11 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e637-108580 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e681-108580 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e689-108580 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=SL7669619-108580 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e640-108580 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 17 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e716-108580 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e709-108580 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Reclassification Adjustments -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522872 + Details
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