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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Assets, Liabilities and Net Assets of Company's Venezuelan Subsidiaries |
|  | Three-month periods ended March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Venezuelan operations |  | (In thousands)
Net Revenues |  | $ 13,955 |  | $ 19,357
|  | March 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Assets |  | 41,587 |  | 75,153
Liabilities |  | (38,565) |  | (43,359)
Net Assets |  | $ 3,022 |  | $ 31,794
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |
|  | March 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (In thousands)
Foreign currency translation |  | $ (157,225) |  | $ (134,695)
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments |  | 396 |  | (578)
Estimated tax (loss) gain on unrealized gains on investments |  | (135) |  | 199
|  | $ (156,964) |  | $ (135,074)
Summary of Changes in Accumulated Balances of Other Comprehensive Income |
|  | Unrealized |  | Foreign |  | Estimated tax |  |
|  | Gains (Losses) on |  | Currency |  | (expense) |  |
|  | Investments |  | Translation |  | benefit |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
Balances as of December 31, 2014 |  | $ (578) |  | $ (134,695) |  | $ 199 |  | $ (135,074)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
adjustments for gains on available for sale investments |  | 396 |  | (22,530) |  | (135) |  | (22,269)
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
other comprehensive income to net income |  | 578 |  | — |  | (199) |  | 379
Net current period other comprehensive loss |  | 974 |  | (22,530) |  | (334) |  | (21,890)
Balances as of March 31, 2015 |  | $ 396 |  | $ (157,225) |  | $ (135) |  | $ (156,964)
|  | Amount of Gain (Loss) |  |  |  |
Details about Accumulated |  | Reclassified from |  |  |  |
Other Comprehensive Income |  | Accumulated Other |  |  |  |
Components for the three-month |  | Comprehensive |  | Affected Line Item
period ended March 31, 2015 |  | Income |  | in the Statement of Income
|  | (In thousands) |  |  |  |
Unrealized losses on investments |  | $ (578) |  | Interest income and other financial gains |  |
Estimated tax gain on unrealized losses on investments |  | 199 |  | Income / asset tax expense
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ (379) |  | Total, net of income taxes

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