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Goodwill (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Goodwill [Abstract] |
Goodwill | Changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment and Corporate were as follows.
|  | Americas(1) |  |  | Southern Europe(2) |  |  | Northern Europe |  |  | APME |  |  | Right Management |  |  | Corporate(3) |  |  | Total(4) |
Balance, January 1, 2012 |  | $ | 461.8 |  |  | $ | 59.5 |  |  | $ | 260.7 |  |  | $ | 77.5 |  |  | $ | 60.3 |  |  | $ | 64.9 |  |  | $ | 984.7 |
Goodwill acquired |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.5 |
Currency and other impacts |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | 8.3 |  |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 10.5 |
Balance, March 31, 2012 |  | $ | 462.3 |  |  | $ | 61.5 |  |  | $ | 269.0 |  |  | $ | 76.4 |  |  | $ | 61.6 |  |  | $ | 64.9 |  |  | $ | 995.7 |
(1) Balances related to the United States were $448.3 and $448.5 as of January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2012, respectively. (2) Balances related to France were $42.1 and $43.7 as of January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2012, respectively. Balances related to Italy were $5.4 and $5.5 as of January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2012, respectively. (3) The majority of the Corporate balance relates to goodwill attributable from our acquisition of Jefferson Wells ($55.5) which is now part of the United States reporting unit. For purposes of monitoring our total assets by segment, we do not allocate the Corporate balance to the respective reportable segments as this is commensurate with how we operate our business. We do, however, include these balances within the appropriate reporting units for our goodwill impairment testing. See table below for the breakout of goodwill balances by reporting unit. (4) Balances were net of accumulated impairment loss of $513.4 as of both January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2012. Goodwill balances by reporting unit were as follows:
|  | March 31, |  |  | January 1, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2012 |
United States |  | $ | 504.0 |  |  | $ | 503.8 |
Netherlands (Vitae) |  |  | 81.6 |  |  |  | 79.3 |
Right Management |  |  | 61.6 |  |  |  | 60.3 |
Other reporting units(1) |  |  | 348.5 |  |  |  | 341.3 |
Total goodwill |  | $ | 995.7 |  |  | $ | 984.7 |
(1) | Elan reporting unit, which carried $123.8 of goodwill as of December 31, 2011, was integrated into other reporting units within our Northern Europe reportable segment as of January 1, 2012.

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