SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 5) (USD $)							3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013 Global and North American Asset-Backed Securitization	Mar. 31, 2012 Global and North American Asset-Backed Securitization	Mar. 31, 2011 Global and North American Asset-Backed Securitization	Mar. 31, 2013 Warrant	Jun. 28, 2013 Warrant Subsequent event
Other Current Assets / Other Assets
Deferred purchase price receivable on transfer of assets			$ 412,357,000	$ 514,895,000	$ 459,994,000
Fair value of fully vested warrants to purchase common stock of a supplier included in other assets						74,400,000
Proceeds from warrants exercised							67,300,000
Realized loss on warrants exercised							7,100,000
Customer specific assets financed by third party banking institution	251,300,000
Equity investments in non-majority owned companies	26,800,000	38,600,000
Other Current Liabilities
Deferred revenue	227,000,000	329,600,000
Customer working capital advances included in other current liabilities	214,100,000	326,600,000
Other current liability for purchase of assets on behalf of customer financed by a third party banking institution	$ 272,800,000