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Income Tax (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
   Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30,
   2012 2011 2012 2011
Tax provision at U.S. statutory rate$ 70,517 $ 54,739 $ 209,347 $ 199,612
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:           
 Foreign tax rate differing from U.S. tax rate   (3,174)   (4,382)   (10,063)   (9,583)
 Differences in tax basis in foreign jurisdictions  (5,073)   (1,604)   (7,991)   (4,550)
 Subpart F income  943   --   6,015   --
 Travel and entertainment  111   147   350   396
 Deferred tax valuation allowance   105   --   250   795
 Amounts related to audit contingencies  (747)   984   1,276   4,499
 Change in cash surrender value of insurance policies  (164)   756   (907)   173
 Canadian corporate rate reduction  330   (30,687)   (1,319)   (30,687)
 Prior year tax adjustment  (4,869)   1,778   (6,013)   1,784
 Other, net  (975)   63   (1,715)   415
  Total provision for income taxes$ 57,004 $ 21,794 $ 189,230 $ 162,854
              
Effective tax rate 28.3%  13.9%  31.6%  28.6%