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Stock-Based Compensation Performance Based Restricted Stock Units (Details) shares in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 shares
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Payment Award, Vesting Period	3 years
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Share Unit Additional Units Granted Minimum Percentage	0.00%
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Share Unit Additional Units Granted Maximum Percentage	200.00%
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Share Unit Threshold Award Level Nonvested Number	2.2
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Share Unit Award Level Nonvested At Period End Number	4.0
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Share Unit Outstanding At Threshold	100.00%
Cost Savings Performance Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Share Unit Additional Units Granted Maximum Percentage	100.00%
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Share Unit Threshold Award Level Nonvested Number	0.5

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Maximum percentage applicable to performance based restricted stock units awarded based on the level of achievement of specified conditions at the vesting date.

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Minimum percentage applicable to performance based restricted stock units awarded based on the level of achievement of specified conditions at the vesting date.

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The number of outstanding performance share units that could be awarded based on performance as of the end of the reporting period.

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Percentage applicable to performance based restricted stock units awarded based on the threshold level of achievement of specified conditions at end of period.

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The number of outstanding performance share units at the threshold award level as of the end of the reporting period.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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