Cost Method Investments, Number of Investments

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Proceeds From the Sale of Assets, Escrow Amount

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Original amount of cost-method investments at the acquisition date.

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For investments in debt and equity securities accounted for at cost, the excess of net sale proceeds over the carrying amount of investments disposed of during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.7(c))

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 7

-Subparagraph c, d

-Article 5

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Aggregate cash proceeds received from a combination of transactions that are classified as investing activities in which assets, which may include one or more investments, are sold to third-party buyers. This element can be used by entities to aggregate proceeds from all asset sales that are classified as investing activities.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures - Narrative - Fiscal 2014 Divestitures (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 10, 2014 USD ($) investment	May. 03, 2014 USD ($) investment	May. 02, 2015 USD ($)	May. 03, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 27, 2013 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Sale of investment			$ 11.2	$ 6.1	$ 0.0
Lumidigm
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of investments \| investment	1	1
Cost basis	$ 4.1
Sale of investment	7.3
Pre-tax gain on sale of investment	3.2	$ 3.2
Amount held in escrow	$ 1.1