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Significant accounting policies - Stock-based Compensation (Details) (Restricted Share Unit (RSU))	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Restricted Share Unit (RSU)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award service period	2 years
Award vesting period	3 years
Number of trading days used to determine weighted average trading price of common shares	5 days
Compensation expense recognition period	3 years

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Trading Days Used to Calculate Weighted Average Trading Price of Common Stock

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

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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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