TREASURY STOCK	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Equity [Abstract]
TREASURY STOCK	TREASURY STOCK In the first quarter of 2016, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of the Company's common stock. In the first quarter of 2017, the Company's Board of Directors authorized an additional program to repurchase up to $2.0 billion of the Company's common stock. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had a remaining authorization of $3.1 billion to purchase its common stock. The Company may make repurchases of shares under its stock repurchase programs, depending on prevailing market conditions, alternate uses of capital and other factors. Whether and when to initiate and/or complete any purchase of common stock and the amount of common stock purchased will be determined at the Company's discretion. Additionally, the Board of Directors has given the Company the general authorization to repurchase shares of its common stock to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations related to stock-based compensation. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company repurchased a total of 632,006 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate cost of $1.1 billion, which included 577,568 shares for $1.0 billion acquired through its general repurchase programs and 54,438 shares for $95.1 million withheld to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations related to stock-based compensation. During the period from October 1, 2017 through November 3, 2017, the Company repurchased 86,882 additional shares for an aggregate cost of $166.1 million. In the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company repurchased a total of 581,828 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate cost of $757.5 million, which included 459,694 shares for $598.0 million acquired through its general repurchase programs and 122,134 shares for $159.5 million withheld to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations related to stock-based compensation. In the three months ended September 30, 2017, stock repurchases in September 2017 of 19,238 shares for an aggregate cost of $35.0 million were settled in October 2017. In the three months ended December 31, 2016, stock repurchases in December 2016 of 10,215 shares for an aggregate cost of $15.0 million were settled in January 2017. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company remitted $95.5 million and $156.4 million of employee withholding taxes, respectively, to the tax authorities, with the remainder remitted subsequently. The new accounting standard for stock-based compensation (see Note 1) requires us to report the cash remitted to the tax authorities as a financing activity in the statements of cash flows for all periods presented. Prior to the adoption of this new standard, the Company reported the aggregate cost of the shares withheld for taxes as a financing activity and the associated unremitted withholding taxes as an operating activity on the cash flow statements. As of September 30, 2017, there were 13,822,935 shares of the Company's common stock held in treasury.

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In the first quarter of 2016, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of the Company's common stock. In the first quarter of 2017, the Company's Board of Directors authorized an additional program to repurchase up to $2.0 billion of the Company's common stock. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had a remaining authorization of $3.1 billion to purchase its common stock. The Company may make repurchases of shares under its stock repurchase programs, depending on prevailing market conditions, alternate uses of capital and other factors. Whether and when to initiate and/or complete any purchase of common stock and the amount of common stock purchased will be determined at the Company's discretion. Additionally, the Board of Directors has given the Company the general authorization to repurchase shares of its common stock to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations related to stock-based compensation.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company repurchased a total of 632,006 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate cost of $1.1 billion, which included 577,568 shares for $1.0 billion acquired through its general repurchase programs and 54,438 shares for $95.1 million withheld to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations related to stock-based compensation. During the period from October 1, 2017 through November 3, 2017, the Company repurchased 86,882 additional shares for an aggregate cost of $166.1 million.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company repurchased a total of 581,828 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate cost of $757.5 million, which included 459,694 shares for $598.0 million acquired through its general repurchase programs and 122,134 shares for $159.5 million withheld to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations related to stock-based compensation.

In the three months ended September 30, 2017, stock repurchases in September 2017 of 19,238 shares for an aggregate cost of $35.0 million were settled in October 2017. In the three months ended December 31, 2016, stock repurchases in December 2016 of 10,215 shares for an aggregate cost of $15.0 million were settled in January 2017.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company remitted $95.5 million and $156.4 million of employee withholding taxes, respectively, to the tax authorities, with the remainder remitted subsequently. The new accounting standard for stock-based compensation (see Note 1) requires us to report the cash remitted to the tax authorities as a financing activity in the statements of cash flows for all periods presented. Prior to the adoption of this new standard, the Company reported the aggregate cost of the shares withheld for taxes as a financing activity and the associated unremitted withholding taxes as an operating activity on the cash flow statements.

As of September 30, 2017, there were 13,822,935 shares of the Company's common stock held in treasury.