GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Changes in Amount of Goodwill

Changes in the amount of goodwill for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, are as follows:

	U.S. Consumer						North America		North America
	Information				Workforce		Personal		Commercial
(In millions)	Solutions		International		Solutions		Solutions		Solutions		Total
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	638.4	$	348.5	$	935.0	$	1.8	$	37.5	$	1,961.2
Acquisitions		309.3		12.0		-		-		-		321.3
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation		-		-		(1.0)		-		-		(1.0)
Foreign currency translation		-		8.8		-		-		0.1		8.9
Balance, December 31, 2012		947.7		369.3		934.0		1.8		37.6		2,290.4
Acquisitions		-		40.8		-		14.5		-		55.3
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation		87.5		(0.1)		-		0.4		-		87.8
Foreign currency translation		-		(7.6)		-		-		(0.4)		(8.0)
Tax benefits of options exercised		-		-		(0.2)		-		-		(0.2)
Businesses sold		(2.7)		(1.4)		(26.1)		-		-		(30.2)
Balance, December 31, 2013	$	1,032.5	$	401.0	$	907.7	$	16.7	$	37.2	$	2,395.1

Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

 Our 2013 annual impairment test completed during the third quarter of 2013 resulted in no impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets.

	Amount
	(In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	95.6
Acquisitions	$	158.8
Foreign currency translation		0.1
Balance, December 31, 2012		254.5
Purchase price adjustment		(158.8)
Foreign currency translation		(0.2)
Balance, December 31, 2013	$	95.5

Purchased Intangible Assets

  Purchased intangible assets net, recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2012 and 2011, are as follows:

	December 31, 2013						December 31, 2012
			Accumulated						Accumulated
	Gross		Amortization		Net		Gross		Amortization		Net
Definite-lived intangible assets:	(In millions)
Purchased data files	$	709.5	$	(187.4)	$	522.1	$	795.6	$	(229.2)	$	566.4
Acquired software and technology		38.4		(20.2)		18.2		34.4		(13.5)		20.9
Customer relationships		506.7		(166.5)		340.2		522.1		(164.5)		357.6
Reacquired rights		73.3		(13.1)		60.2		-		-		-
Proprietary database		7.4		(5.0)		2.4		125.0		(115.9)		9.1
Non-compete agreements		20.2		(7.8)		12.4		19.4		(5.5)		13.9
Trade names and other intangible assets		41.7		(24.0)		17.7		41.5		(21.7)		19.8
Total definite-lived intangible assets	$	1,397.2	$	(424.0)	$	973.2	$	1,538.0	$	(550.3)	$	987.7

Estimated Future Amortization Expense

Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at December 31, 2013 is as follows:

Years ending December 31,	Amount
	(In millions)
2014	$	111.8
2015		106.9
2016		100.3
2017		90.6
2018		72.9
Thereafter		490.7
	$	973.2