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Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Rights, Minimum Beneficial Ownership Percentage Required for Exercise of Rights

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Class of Warrant or Right, Redemption Price

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which each warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, each warrant may be converted into two shares.

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The amount per share used to calculated dividend payments on preferred stock.

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The per share liquidation preference (or restrictions) of nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) that has a preference in involuntary liquidation considerably in excess of the par or stated value of the shares. The liquidation preference is the difference between the preference in liquidation and the par or stated values of the share.

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The maximum number of nonredeemable preferred shares (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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Amount of stockholders' equity (deficit), net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity, attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interests. Amount excludes temporary equity. Alternate caption for the concept is permanent equity.

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Capital Stock Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,900,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
Equity	$ 1,935.7	$ 1,914.8
Class of warrant or right, redemption price for company	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage	100000.00%
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share (USD per share)	$ 100
Additional Paid-in Capital
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity	146.7	236.6	256.4	294.2
Additional Paid-in Capital \| Restatement Adjustment
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity	192.0	192.0	192.0
Retained Earnings
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity	1,944.1	1,740.2	1,523.3	1,323.4
Retained Earnings \| Restatement Adjustment
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity	$ (192.0)	$ (192.0)	$ (192.0)
Class A Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, voting rights (votes per share)	20
Beneficial ownership percentage, trigger	20.00%
Maximum beneficial ownership percentage, for the company to redeem the rights	20.00%
Class B Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, voting rights (votes per share)	1
Series A Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate, per-dollar-amount	$ 10.00
Preferred stock, voting rights, votes per share	20,000
Series A Preferred Stock \| Class A Right
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of securities called by each warrant (shares)	0.001
Exercise price of warrants or rights (USD per share)	$ 0.18
Series B Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, voting rights, votes per share	1,000
Series B Preferred Stock \| Class B Right
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of securities called by each warrant (shares)	0.001
Exercise price of warrants or rights (USD per share)	$ 0.18