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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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Amount of paid and unpaid cash, stock, and paid-in-kind (PIK) dividends declared, for example, but not limited to, common and preferred stock.

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Cash outflow in the form of capital distributions and dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests.

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Dividends (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Jul. 17, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) dividend $ / shares shares
Dividends [Abstract]
Number of special cash dividends declared and paid \| dividend													1
Schedule Of Dividends Paid Table [Line Items]
Per common share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.5	$ 0.5	$ 0.5	$ 0.5	$ 0.5	$ 0.5	$ 0.5	$ 0.5		$ 2	$ 2	$ 5
Total dividends paid											$ 173.6	$ 173.7	$ 434.2
Total dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares											$ 2	$ 2
Amount paid to IEP
Schedule Of Dividends Paid Table [Line Items]
Total dividends paid											$ 142.4	$ 142.4
Amounts paid to public stockholders
Schedule Of Dividends Paid Table [Line Items]
Total dividends paid											$ 31.2	$ 31.3
Quarterly
Schedule Of Dividends Paid Table [Line Items]
Total amount paid	$ 43.4		$ 43.4	$ 43.4	$ 43.4	$ 43.4		$ 43.4	$ 43.4	$ 43.4
Per common share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.50		$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50		$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50
Shares outstanding (in shares) \| shares	86.8		86.8	86.8	86.8	86.8		86.8	86.8	86.8		86.8	86.8
Quarterly \| Amount paid to IEP
Schedule Of Dividends Paid Table [Line Items]
Total amount paid	$ 35.6		$ 35.6	$ 35.6	$ 35.6	$ 35.6		$ 35.6	$ 35.6	$ 35.6
Quarterly \| Amounts paid to public stockholders
Schedule Of Dividends Paid Table [Line Items]
Total amount paid	$ 7.8		$ 7.8	$ 7.8	$ 7.8	$ 7.8		$ 7.8	$ 7.8	$ 7.8