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NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Income Reconciliation | The following table is the reconciliation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests to comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in thousands)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | $ | 18,551 |  |  | $ | 31,075 |  |  | $ | 24,666 |
Foreign currency translation attributable to noncontrolling interests | 471 |  |  | (28,597 | ) |  | 7,054 |
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | $ | 19,022 |  |  | $ | 2,478 |  |  | $ | 31,720 |

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