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Non-operating income, net Non-operating income, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Non-operating (loss) income, net [Abstract] |
Schedule of Non-operating Income, net | The following table presents the components of Non-operating income, net:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (In thousands)
Realized net gain (loss) on investments | $ | 185 |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 18,861 |
Unrealized (loss) gain on contingent interest derivative on Subordinated Convertible Debentures | (14,130 | ) |  | 2,249 |  |  | (17,801 | )
Interest and dividend income | 2,128 |  |  | 922 |  |  | 1,897 |
Other, net | 1,152 |  |  | 1,712 |  |  | 343 |
Total non-operating (loss) income, net | $ | (10,665 | ) |  | $ | 4,878 |  |  | $ | 3,300 |

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