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INCOME TAXES (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 22, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective Tax Rate, Discrete Items, net |  | $ 0.5 | $ 6.7 | $ 2.7 | $ 17.7 |  |
Effective Tax Rate, Discrete Items, net Percent |  | 25.60% | 23.80% | 25.10% | 24.80% |  |
Statutory federal tax rate | 35.00% |  |  | 21.00% |  |  |
U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Provisional Benefit |  |  |  |  |  | $ 437.9 |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Enacted Tax Rate, Amount |  |  |  |  |  | 315.8 |
Effective Tax Rate, Unremitted Foreign Earnings in Excess of One-time Transition Tax |  |  |  |  |  | 122.1 |
2017 Tax Act, Unremitted Foreign Earnings Benefit, Amount |  |  |  |  |  | 162.6 |
2017 Tax Act, One-time Transition Tax, Amount |  | $ 4.6 |  | $ 2.9 |  | 40.5 |
2017 Tax Act, One-time Transition Tax, Amount Decreases |  | (0.4) |  | (0.1) |  |  |
Impact on the effective tax rate, if recognized |  | 32.4 | $ 33.5 | 32.4 | $ 33.5 |  |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits |  | 33.3 | $ 35.0 | 33.3 | 35.0 | $ 36.3 | $ 38.4
Increases for prior year tax positions |  |  |  | 0.0 | 4.9 |  |
Decreases for prior year tax positions |  |  |  | (4.6) | (9.2) |  |
Increases for current year tax positions |  |  |  | 1.6 | 2.0 |  |
Settlement with taxing authorities |  |  |  | 0.0 | (1.0) |  |
Reductions due to statute of limitations |  |  |  | 0.0 | $ (0.1) |  |
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit |  | $ 6.9 |  | $ 6.9 |  |  |

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