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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS The changes in the accumulated balances for each component of other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:
| Foreign Currency Translation |  | Unrealized Gains on Hedging Activities |  | Other |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
| (in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | (304,274 | ) |  | $ | (2,374 | ) |  | $ | (3,527 | ) |  | $ | (310,175 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 9,807 |  |  | (12,351 | ) |  | 111 |  |  | (2,433 | )
Balance at March 31, 2019 | $ | (294,467 | ) |  | $ | (14,725 | ) |  | $ | (3,416 | ) |  | $ | (312,608 | )
Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | (185,856 | ) |  | $ | 6,999 |  |  | $ | (4,287 | ) |  | $ | (183,144 | )
Cumulative effect of adoption of new accounting standard | (1,843 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,843 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 2,430 |  |  | 5,648 |  |  | (52 | ) |  | 8,026 |
Balance at March 31, 2018 | $ | (185,269 | ) |  | $ | 12,647 |  |  | $ | (4,339 | ) |  | $ | (176,961 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, which relates only to foreign currency translation, was a loss of $4.6 million and income of $11.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134417 + Details
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