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Short-Term and Long-Term Debt - Financial Covenants (Details) | Sep. 30, 2014
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Financial Covenants [Abstract] |
Required Indebtedness to Total Capital Ratio | 0.65
Actual Indebtedness to Total Capital Ratio | 0.47

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- Definition Actual indebtedness to total capital ratio required to be maintained by most restrictive financial covenant. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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