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Equity (Details 2) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jul. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Jul. 31, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Jan. 31, 2015
Quarterly dividend approved by Board prior to payment, per share (in dollars per share)       $ 0.125us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare $ 0.10us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare $ 0.10us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare $ 0.0525us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare  
Dividends declared $ 140.6us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash $ 96.8us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash $ 67.7us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash          
Dividends paid 101.9us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock 96.8us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock 70.1us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock          
2013 Stock Repurchase Program                
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program 20,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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Repurchase of stock program, period 2 years              
Number of shares repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program 11,428,610us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Payments for shares repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program (in dollars) $ 539.4us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue
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2015 Stock Repurchase Program                
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program               10,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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Repurchase of stock program, period 2 years