Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The provision for depreciation has been computed principally by the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets as follows:



Category		Useful Life
Buildings		30 years
Leased assets and leasehold improvements		Amortized over the lesser of the economic life of the asset or the term of the lease
Machinery and equipment		3 – 10 years
Customer-leased instruments		5 – 7 years

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Foreign currency translation adjustments are generally not adjusted for income taxes as they relate to indefinite investments in non-U.S. subsidiaries ($ in millions).



	Foreign currency translation adjustment			Unrealized gain on available-for- sale securities			Unrecognized pension and post-retirement costs			Total
January 1, 2010	$	610.7		$	54.3		$	(318.1	)	$	346.9
Increase (decrease)	0.6			37.9			(37.8		)	0.7
Income tax (expense) benefit	—			(13.3		)	11.1			(2.2		)
December 31, 2010	611.3			78.9			(344.8		)	345.4
(Decrease) increase	(226.8		)	30.0			(261.9		)	(458.7		)
Income tax (expense) benefit	—			(14.3		)	90.7			76.4
December 31, 2011	384.5			94.6			(516.0		)	(36.9		)
Increase (decrease)	90.8			42.5			(224.6		)	(91.3		)
Income tax (expense) benefit	—			(15.9		)	84.9			69.0
December 31, 2012	$	475.3		$	121.2		$	(655.7	)	$	(59.2	)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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