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Subsequent Event (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 Management Services - North America | Sep. 30, 2013 Debt Due 2014 [Member] | Dec. 31, 2012 Debt Due 2014 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 299,570,000 |  | $ 450,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 4.875% | [1],[2] |
Subsequent Event, Disposition of Business, Transaction Costs | 314,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ 938,786,000 | $ 949,789,000 | $ 2,838,214,000 | $ 2,899,548,000 | $ 7,000,000 |  |  |
[1] | Prior to the Tender Offer, we had interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $450 million that effectively converted the fixed rate interest payments on these notes into variable interest rates. As a result of the Tender Offer, we unwound $225 million of these swap agreements.
[2] | During the first quarter, we completed a cash tender offer (the Tender Offer) for a portion of our 4.875% Notes due 2014, our 5.0% Notes due 2015, and our 4.75% Notes due 2016 (the Subject Notes). Holders who validly tendered their notes received the principal amount of the notes tendered, all accrued and unpaid interest and a premium amount. An aggregate $405 million of the Subject Notes were tendered. We recognized a net loss of $25 million, consisting of the payment of the call premium and transaction fees and the write-off of unamortized costs, partially offset by a gain from the unwinding of interest rate swap agreements as other expense, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

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