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Income From Previous Write Downs Of Receivables, Per Share

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Income From Previous Write Downs Of Receivables, Pre-Tax

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Provision for doubtful accounts made for a specific customer and stated on an after tax basis.

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Provision for doubtful accounts made for a specific customer and stated on a per share basis.

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Amount of costs incurred to date for the specified type of restructuring cost stated on an after-tax basis.

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Amount of costs incurred to date for the specified type of restructuring cost stated on a per share basis.

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Cash received for the settlement of litigation during the current period.

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Amount of the current period expense charged against operations, the offset which is generally to the allowance for doubtful accounts for the purpose of reducing receivables, including notes receivable, to an amount that approximates their net realizable value (the amount expected to be collected).

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Amount of costs incurred to date for the specified type of restructuring cost.

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Total of recoveries of amounts due the Entity that had previously been written off as uncollectible using allowances (the valuation accounts that are netted against the cost of an asset to value it at its carrying value) and total of reestablishments of reserves (liabilities established to represent expected future costs) that had previously been utilized.

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Supplemental Information (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009	Apr. 30, 2010 Allowance for Certain Notes Receivable [Member]	Jun. 30, 2009 Allowance for Certain Notes Receivable [Member]
Write-off of certain receivables, pre-tax		$ 23.4	$ 29.5	$ 37.8		$ 22.2
Write-off of certain receivables, after-tax						13.9
Write-off of certain receivables, per share						$ 0.07
Final settlement received					22.4
Recovery of certain receivables					16.0
Income from previous written off receivables, pre-tax					6.4
Income from previous written off receivables, after-tax					4.0
Income from previous written off receivables, per share					$ 0.02
Facility closing costs	9.9
Facility closing costs, after-tax	$ 7.1
Facility closing costs, per share	$ 0.03