Per Share Data (Narrative) (Details) - $ / shares shares in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share, Diluted, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights	$ 5.25
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights	55
Options and RSUs [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Diluted, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Number of shares that had no effect on computation of dilutive weighted average number of shares outstanding	88	67

Number of shares that had no effect on computation of dilutive weighted average number of shares outstanding as their effect would be antidilutive

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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 the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(2))

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

-Paragraph i

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-Article 4

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