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Quarterly Financial Data Quarterly Financial Data Level 4 (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ 783,443 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 718,314 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 746,746 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 745,509 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 667,228 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 608,589 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 624,231 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 650,418 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 2,994,012 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | $ 2,550,466 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | $ 2,404,430 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Costs and expenses | (578,032)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (570,016)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (590,882)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (579,269)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (519,296)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (492,784)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (498,248)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (491,092)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue |  | (2,318,199)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue | (2,001,419)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue | (1,881,658)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue
Gross profits | 205,411 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 148,298 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 155,864 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 166,240 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 147,932 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 115,805 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 125,983 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 159,326 us-gaap_GrossProfit |  | 675,813 us-gaap_GrossProfit | 549,047 us-gaap_GrossProfit | 522,772 us-gaap_GrossProfit
Operating income | 220,280 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 135,120 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 144,731 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 107,418 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 88,117 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 83,046 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 89,059 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 127,434 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 607,549 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 387,656 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 399,370 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Income from continuing operations before income taxes | 177,591 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 91,735 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 69,316 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 63,958 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 49,801 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 45,633 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 56,092 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 93,680 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | [1] | 402,600 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | 245,206 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | 245,283 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Provision for income taxes | (90,982)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  | (74,934)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  | (37,357)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  | (22,707)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  | (17,729)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | [2] | (18,407)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | [2] | (21,598)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | [2] | (35,290)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | [2] | 225,980 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 93,024 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 90,111 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income | 87,949 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 17,685 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 31,781 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 41,391 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 32,037 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 27,394 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 34,435 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 58,722 us-gaap_ProfitLoss |  | 178,806 us-gaap_ProfitLoss | 152,588 us-gaap_ProfitLoss | 155,434 us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (155)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (34)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (5,859)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (289)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (2,719)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (615)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (820)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (1,102)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest |  | (6,337)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest | (5,256)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest | (1,589)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income attributable to common stockholders | $ 87,794 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 17,651 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 25,922 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 41,102 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | $ 29,318 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [2] | $ 26,779 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [2] | $ 33,615 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [2] | $ 57,620 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [2] | $ 172,469 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | $ 147,332 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | $ 153,845 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic — EPS | $ 0.42 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.08 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.12 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.19 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.14 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.13 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.16 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.27 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | [3] | $ 0.82 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.71 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted | $ 0.42 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.08 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.12 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.19 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.14 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.12 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.16 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.27 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | [3] | $ 0.81 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.70 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
[1] | Includes (Losses) gains on divestitures and impairment charges, net, as described in Note 20.
[2] | See Note 2 for details related to the revision which was recorded for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. The revision reduced the provision for income taxes and increased net income attributable to common stockholders by $3.5 million and increased basic and diluted EPS by $0.02.
[3] | Net income per share is computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarters’ net income per share may not equal the total computed for the year.

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