Stock Repurchase Program Remaining Authorized in Aggregate

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Stock Repurchase Program increased amount of authorization

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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Date the dividend to be paid was declared, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Event (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Billions	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Jan. 30, 2016	Feb. 15, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
StockRepurchaseProgramincreasedamountofauthorization		$ 0.6
Stock Repurchase Program Remaining Authorized in Aggregate		$ 1.0
Dividend Declared [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock cash dividends per share, declared			$ 0.42
Common stock cash dividends per share, declared date	Feb. 15, 2016
Common stock cash dividends per share, paid date	Mar. 08, 2016
Common stock cash dividends per share, date of record	Feb. 26, 2016