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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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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Shareholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
Shareholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017	Apr. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Apr. 28, 2017
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividend declared (in dollars per share)			$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.375	$ 0.375	$ 0.375
Common stock, dividends, cash paid (in dollars per share)		$ 0.48				$ 0.375	0.375
Common stock, dividends, cash paid for dividends declared in prior period (in dollars per share)				$ 0.48			$ 0.375
Common stock repurchase program, authorized amount									$ 500,000,000
Subsequent Event
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, dividends, cash paid (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48