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Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Income Taxes	Jun. 30, 2014
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	6. Income Taxes Our effective income tax rates for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were 36.6% and 33.3%, respectively. Our effective income tax rates for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were 35.6% and 31.4%, respectively. Our 2014 three-month and six-month period effective income tax rates were unfavorably impacted by the sale of certain non-core assets acquired as part of the Metals USA acquisition. Permanent items that lowered our effective income tax rates from the federal statutory rate were not materially different in amounts during both years and relate mainly to company-owned life insurance policies, domestic production activities deductions and foreign income levels that are taxed at rates lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35%.

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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