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Segment Reporting (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial Performance of Company's Reporting Segments

		Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
		(In thousands)
		Brazil		Argentina		Mexico		Venezuela		Other Countries		Total
Net revenues		$             141,365		$             104,262		$             19,428		$             19,669		$             17,694		$             302,417
Direct costs		(83,676)		(53,842)		(12,615)		(6,835)		(11,083)		(168,051)
Impairment of Long-lived Assets		—		—		—		(16,226)		—		(16,226)
Direct contribution		57,689		50,420		6,813		(3,392)		6,611		118,140
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues												(57,916)
Income from operations												60,224
Other income (expenses):
Interest income and other financial gains												8,991
Interest expense and other financial losses												(10,151)
Foreign currency loss												(9,217)
Net income before income / asset tax expense												$               49,847
		Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
		(In thousands)
		Brazil		Argentina		Mexico		Venezuela		Other Countries		Total
Net revenues		$             115,834		$               61,229		$             17,453		$             35,908		$             16,807		$             247,231
Direct costs		(68,310)		(34,523)		(10,294)		(10,492)		(8,887)		(132,506)
Impairment of Long-lived Assets		—		—		—		(49,496)		—		(49,496)
Direct contribution		47,524		26,706		7,159		(24,080)		7,920		65,229
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues												(37,141)
Income from operations												28,088
Other income (expenses):
Interest income and other financial gains												6,609
Interest expense and other financial losses												(1,805)
Foreign currency loss												(12,871)
Net income before income / asset tax expense												$               20,021

		Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
		(In thousands)
		Brazil		Argentina		Mexico		Venezuela		Other Countries		Total
Net revenues		$             72,867		$             56,830		$            9,991		$               5,714		$            8,912		$             154,314
Direct costs		(43,995)		(29,057)		(6,646)		(2,631)		(5,912)		(88,241)
Direct contribution		28,872		27,773		3,345		3,083		3,000		66,073
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues												(31,436)
Income from operations												34,637
Other income (expenses):
Interest income and other financial gains												4,683
Interest expense and other financial losses												(5,201)
Foreign currency loss												(648)
Net income before income / asset tax expense												$               33,471

		Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
		(In thousands)
		Brazil		Argentina		Mexico		Venezuela		Other Countries		Total
Net revenues		$             63,400		$             33,267		$            9,370		$             16,552		$            9,260		$             131,849
Direct costs		(37,793)		(17,609)		(5,546)		(4,857)		(4,972)		(70,777)
Impairment of Long-lived Assets		—		—		—		(49,496)		—		(49,496)
Direct contribution		25,607		15,658		3,824		(37,801)		4,288		11,576
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues												(17,489)
Income from operations												(5,913)
Other income (expenses):
Interest income and other financial gains												3,573
Interest expense and other financial losses												(778)
Foreign currency loss												(15,965)
Net loss before income / asset tax expense												$             (19,083)

Allocation of Long-Lived Tangible Assets Based on Geography

		June 30,		December 31,
		2015		2014
		(In thousands)
US Property and equipment, net		$               10,707		$               13,226
Other countries property and equipment, net
Argentina		29,394		28,005
Brazil		14,805		8,237
Mexico		2,709		2,801
Venezuela (*)		21,264		36,237
Other countries		3,856		3,039
		$               72,028		$               78,319
Total Property and equipment, net		$               82,735		$               91,545

(*)  After the impairment of Venezuelan long-lived assets. See Note 2 “Foreign currency translation - Venezuelan currency status”.

Allocation of Goodwill and Intangible Assets Based on Geography

		June 30,		December 31,
		2015		2014
		(In thousands)
US intangible assets		$                   290		$                    172
Other countries goodwill and intangible assets
Argentina		12,808		12,580
Brazil		27,811		11,212
Mexico		51,406		21,734
Venezuela		7,498		7,515
Other countries (*)		36,292		38,787
		$            135,815		$               91,828
Total goodwill and intangible assets		$            136,105		$               92,000

(*)  Includes the acquisition of online classified advertisement company in Chile. See Note 4.

Consolidated Net Revenues by Similar Products and Services

		Six-months Ended June 30,				Three-months Ended June 30,
Consolidated Net Revenues		2015		2014		2015		2014
		(In thousands)				(In thousands)
Marketplace		$          187,943		$          174,960		$         93,181		$         91,517
Non-marketplace (*)		114,474		72,271		61,133		40,332
Total		$          302,417		$          247,231		$       154,314		$       131,849

(*)  Includes, among other things, Ad Sales, Real Estate, Motors, Financing Fees, Off-platform Payment Fees and other ancillary services.

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