Supplementary Cash Flow Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Supplementary Cash Flow Information (Tables) [Abstract]

Cash Flow Supplemental [Text Block]

		2015		2014		2013
Supplementary cash flow information:
	Cash paid for interest	$	379.784	$	379.978	$	374.648
	Cash paid for income taxes(1)	$	547.401	$	689.954	$	542.625
	Cash inflow for income taxes from stock option exercises(2)	$	18.073	$	8.529	$	8.882
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
	Details for acquisitions:
	Assets acquired	$	(216.023)	$	(2.505.027)	$	(417.669)
	Liabilities assumed		34.841		450.808		31.335
	Noncontrolling interest subject to put provisions		7.622		95.015		15.460
	Noncontrolling interest		983		328.997		9.104
	Non-cash consideration		69.233		18.253		66.917
	Cash paid		(103.344)		(1.611.954)		(294.853)
	Less cash acquired		3.193		132.433		6.858
	Net cash paid for acquisitions		(100.151)		(1.479.521)		(287.995)
	Cash paid for investments		(184.101)		(274.913)		(195.921)
	Cash paid for intangible assets		(32.558)		(24.624)		(11.809)
	Total cash paid for acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired, and purchases of intangible assets	$	(316.810)	$	(1.779.058)	$	(495.725)
	(1) Net of tax refund.
	(2) Thereof the excess tax benefit allocated to additional paid-in capital for the twelve-month periods ending December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $13,451, $4,056 and $3,897, respectively.