Note 4 - Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Summarized financial information for discontinued operations is shown below:         

($ in millions)	Years Ended
		2013			2012
Total operating revenue		$	1,217.5		$	1,433.5
Income from discontinued operations before tax(2)		$	50.9		$	35.0
Income tax expense		18.7			15.0
Income from discontinued operations		32.2			20.0
Loss on disposal from discontinued operations (1)		(53.8		)	—
Total discontinued operations, net of tax		$	(21.6	)	$	20.0

⁽¹⁾ In connection with the exit of our Frontier business, we recorded a pre-tax loss of $210.5 million, net of income tax benefit of $156.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Included in the $156.7 million of income tax benefit is the release of $78.0 million of deferred tax liabilities associated with the Company's tax basis in the stock of Frontier as the transaction will be treated as an asset sale for tax purposes. The Company incurred $7.1 million of transaction costs that are included in the loss on disposal for the year ended December 31, 2013.

⁽²⁾ In addition to the Frontier operations, income from discontinued operations before taxes includes certain adjustments required by discontinued operation presentation.