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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Total deferred tax assets | $ 602.6 | $ 653.9 |
Valuation allowance | 240.0 | 200.0 |
Valuation allowance with respect to deferred tax asset | 88 |  |
U.S. federal and foreign net operating loss carryforwards | 397 |  |
Valuation allowance, tax-effected basis | 116 |  |
Foreign and federal tax credits and investment tax allowances | 18 |  |
State net operating loss carry forwards | 828 |  |
State net operating loss on tax effected basis | 39 |  |
State tax credits | 23 |  |
Net of federal tax benefits | 15 |  |
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance | 40 | (19) | 176
Net increase in deferred tax assets |  |  | 11
Valuation allowance charged to costs and expenses |  |  | 3
Percentage of valuation allowance against deferred tax assets |  |  | 100.00%
State net operating loss carryforwards expire | Over one to 20 years |  |
State tax credit carryforwards expire | Over one to 20 years |  |
Net deferred income taxes (credited) charged to stockholders' equity | (7) | (25) | 6
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefit | 11 |  |
Decrease in income tax provision if unrecognized tax benefits were recognized | 185 |  |
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefit in the next 12 months | 41 |  |
Unrecognized interest and penalties | 27 | 28 |
Unrecognized penalties | 12 | 14 |
Interest and penalties, reversed in connection with related tax accruals for uncertainties in prior years | 5 |  |
Foreign Tax [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Payments made to a foreign jurisdictions | 5 |  |
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
State net operating loss carry forwards | 828 |  |
Foreign and federal foreign tax credit carryforwards | 23 |  |
U.S. Federal and Foreign Tax [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
U.S. federal and foreign net operating loss carryforwards | 397 |  |
2014 | 4 |  |
2015 | 7 |  |
2016 | 7 |  |
2017 | 12 |  |
2018 | 27 |  |
2019 | 6 |  |
2020 and beyond | 169 |  |
No expiration | 165 |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Examination of income tax return | 3 years |  |
Income tax return in foreign jurisdictions | 3 years |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Examination of income tax return | 5 years |  |
Income tax return in foreign jurisdictions | 5 years |  |
Federal [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
2014 | 1 |  |
2015 | 1 |  |
2016 | 0 |  |
2017 | 2 |  |
2018 | 0 |  |
2019 | 2 |  |
2020 and beyond | 2 |  |
No expiration | 10 |  |
Foreign and federal foreign tax credit carryforwards | 18 |  |
Diversey [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Net increase in deferred tax assets |  |  | $ 162

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