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Acquisition Acquisition (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions |  | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 01, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ 310.5 | $ 294.6 | $ 240.9 | $ 238.6 | $ 286.1 | $ 300.8 | $ 281.0 | $ 273.4 |  | $ 1,084.6 |  | $ 1,141.3 |  | $ 1,214.8 |
Net (loss) earnings |  | $ (187.0) | $ (14.9) | $ (16.1) | $ (15.8) | $ (1.1) | $ (14.6) | $ (78.9) | $ 7.6 |  | $ (233.8) | [1] | $ (87.0) | [1] | $ 105.8 | [1]
Audience, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalent price (usd per share) | $ 2.51 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transfer, number of shares for each share of acquired entity's shares (in shares) | 0.13207 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued (in shares) | 3,200,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of total consideration | $ 123.3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Number of Shares for Unvested Equity Awards Assumed | 461,371.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred, enterprise value, net of cash and short-term investments | $ 92.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and short-term investments | $ 30.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 19.0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss) earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 31.6 |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate used to discount cash flows to present value | 27.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Years Ended December 31, 2015 2014 2013Revenue: Mobile Consumer Electronics$656.7 $684.1 $777.2Specialty Components427.9 457.2 437.7Intra-segment eliminations— — (0.1)Total consolidated revenue$1,084.6 $1,141.3 $1,214.8 (Loss) earnings before interest and income taxes: Mobile Consumer Electronics$(240.8) $(74.6) $122.0Specialty Components61.0 69.5 65.0Total segments(179.8) (5.1) 187.0Corporate expense / other56.4 43.4 43.5Interest expense, net12.7 6.6 42.0(Loss) earnings before income taxes(248.9) (55.1) 101.5(Benefit from) provision for income taxes(15.1) 31.9 (4.3)Net (loss) earnings$(233.8) $(87.0) $105.8 Depreciation and amortization: Mobile Consumer Electronics$107.9 $143.0 $100.3Specialty Components25.1 24.8 28.8Corporate2.7 2.1 1.8Total$135.7 $169.9 $130.9 Capital expenditures: Mobile Consumer Electronics$43.5 $71.0 $66.4Specialty Components19.9 16.6 21.7Corporate5.6 4.7 3.2Total$69.0 $92.3 $91.3 Research and development: Mobile Consumer Electronics$83.9 $55.1 $53.5Specialty Components28.2 27.9 29.1Total$112.1 $83.0 $82.6

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