Percent of options awarded by type.

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Percentage of compounded annual gain of stock price over the exercise price.

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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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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Employee Compensation and Benefit Plans - Schedule of Stock Awards Vesting (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
2008 - 2014 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded			100.00%
2015 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded		100.00%
2016 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded	100.00%
Time-Based [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| 2008 - 2014 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded			25.00%
Award vesting period			4 years
Vesting percentage of Awards			25.00%
Time-Based [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| 2015 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded		35.00%
Award vesting period		4 years
Vesting percentage of Awards		25.00%
Time-Based [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| 2015 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded		16.00%
Award vesting period		4 years
Vesting percentage of Awards		33.30%
Time-Based [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| 2016 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded	47.00%
Award vesting period	4 years
Vesting percentage of Awards	25.00%
Market Performance-Based [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| 2008 - 2014 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded			50.00%
Award vesting period			3 years
Vesting percentage of Awards			25.00%
Percentage of compounded annual gain of stock price over the exercise price			20.00%
Extraordinary Market Performance-Based [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| 2008 - 2014 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded			25.00%
Award vesting period			3 years
Vesting percentage of Awards			25.00%
Percentage of compounded annual gain of stock price over the exercise price			25.00%
Time-Based Vesting Schedule And Market Performance-Based Vesting Date [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| 2015 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded		49.00%
Award vesting period		4 years
Vesting percentage of Awards		25.00%
Time-Based Vesting Schedule And Market Performance-Based Vesting Date [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| 2016 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded	53.00%
Award vesting period	4 years
Vesting percentage of Awards	25.00%
Market Performance Based - Stock Price Has At Least Doubled Over The Exercise Price [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| 2008 - 2014 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage of Awards			25.00%
Market Performance Based - Stock Price Has At Least Tripled Over The Exercise Price [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| 2008 - 2014 Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage of Awards			25.00%