Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Noncurrent Pension Liability

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Contribution to an individual retirement account as a percentage of employee's eligible compensation.

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The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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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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Amount of net gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit cost due to settlements and curtailments. Curtailments result from an event that significantly reduces the expected years of future service of present employees or eliminates for a significant number of employees the accrual of defined benefits for some or all of their future services. Settlements result from an irrevocable action that relieves the employer (or the plan) of primary responsibility for a benefit obligation and eliminates significant risks related to the obligation and the assets used to effect the settlement. Examples of transactions that constitute a settlement include, but are not limited to, lump-sum cash payments to plan participants in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and purchasing nonparticipating annuity contracts to cover vested benefits.

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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PENSION PLANS AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Oct. 05, 2015
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined contribution pension plans expense	$ 6.6	$ 4.3
Curtailments/settlements		(0.2)
Employer's contribution to defined benefit pension	0.5	0.2
United States Pension Plan of US Entity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Curtailments/settlements	$ 0.0	$ 0.1
Minimum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contribution to individual retirement account as a percentage of employees eligible compensation	5.00%
Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contribution to individual retirement account as a percentage of employees eligible compensation	10.00%
DCP Business
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension liabilities assumed			$ 442.3
DCP Business \| United States Pension Plan of US Entity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension liabilities assumed			281.7
DCP Business \| Foreign Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension liabilities assumed			$ 160.6