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Employee Benefits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Employee Benefits |
Components of net periodic benefit cost for the pension plans |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |
|  | U.S. |  | International |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Service cost |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 3 |
Interest cost |  | 31 |  | 32 |  | 67 |  | 61 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (30 | ) | (30 | ) | (73 | ) | (60 | )
Amortization of net loss |  | 8 |  | 7 |  | 14 |  | 14 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | 18 |
|  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | U.S. |  | International |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Service cost |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 9 |
Interest cost |  | 92 |  | 93 |  | 201 |  | 183 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (90 | ) | (89 | ) | (217 | ) | (177 | )
Amortization of net loss |  | 23 |  | 18 |  | 41 |  | 40 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 25 |  | $ | 22 |  | $ | 40 |  | $ | 55 |

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