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Stockholders' equity (Details Textual) (USD $)
In Billions, except Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified |
1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | ||||||||
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Oct. 10, 2012
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Sep. 07, 2012
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Jul. 19, 2012
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Jun. 07, 2012
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Mar. 15, 2012
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Mar. 07, 2012
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Dec. 15, 2011
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Sep. 30, 2011
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Sep. 30, 2011
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Dec. 07, 2012
Dividend to be paid [Member]
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| Common stock, dividends declared per share | $ 0.36 | $ 0.36 | $ 0.36 | $ 0.36 | ||||||||
| Dividends paid per share | $ 0.36 | $ 0.36 | $ 0.36 | $ 0.36000000 | $ 0.28000000 | $ 1.08000000 | $ 0.28000000 | $ 0.36 | ||||
| Amount available for stock repurchases under a board approved stock repurchase plan | $ 1.6 | |||||||||||
| Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount | $ 10 | |||||||||||
| Common stock issued | 8.7 | 20.6 | ||||||||||