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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income Taxes (Payable) Receivable and Deferred Tax (Liabilities) Assets Included in Balance Sheet Captions [Table Text Block] | Income taxes (payable) receivable and deferred tax (liabilities) assets are included in the following captions in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2013 and 2012:
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (In thousands)
Income taxes (payable) receivable: |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | 12,242 |  |  | $ | 27,437 |
Other non-current assets | 19,217 |  |  | 79,130 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (16,159 | ) |  | (17,679 | )
Income taxes payable | (416,384 | ) |  | (479,945 | )
Net income taxes payable | $ | (401,084 | ) |  | $ | (391,057 | )
Deferred tax (liabilities) assets: |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | 34,381 |  |  | $ | 20,343 |
Other non-current assets | 26 |  |  | 85 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (255 | ) |  | — |
Deferred income taxes | (320,748 | ) |  | (323,403 | )
Net deferred tax liabilities | $ | (286,596 | ) |  | $ | (302,975 | )
Schedule of U.S. and foreign earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | U.S. and foreign earnings from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
| (In thousands)
U.S. | $ | 331,520 |  |  | $ | 214,675 |  |  | $ | 142,623 |
Foreign | 84,781 |  |  | 74,387 |  |  | 28,899 |
Total | $ | 416,301 |  |  | $ | 289,062 |  |  | $ | 171,522 |
Schedule of (benefit) provision for income taxes attributable to continuing operations | The components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes attributable to continuing operations are as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
| (In thousands)
Current income tax provision (benefit): |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 115,250 |  |  | $ | 56,439 |  |  | $ | 49,450 |
State | 13,946 |  |  | 9,204 |  |  | (26,510 | )
Foreign | 14,402 |  |  | 16,496 |  |  | 8,496 |
Current income tax provision | 143,598 |  |  | 82,139 |  |  | 31,436 |
Deferred income tax (benefit) provision: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (821 | ) |  | 40,414 |  |  | (23,293 | )
State | (2,117 | ) |  | 1,978 |  |  | 639 |
Foreign | (6,158 | ) |  | (5,316 | ) |  | (12,829 | )
Deferred income tax (benefit) provision | (9,096 | ) |  | 37,076 |  |  | (35,483 | )
Income tax provision (benefit) | $ | 134,502 |  |  | $ | 119,215 |  |  | $ | (4,047 | )
Schedule of tax effects of cumulative temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities | The tax effects of cumulative temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are presented below. The valuation allowance is related to deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that the tax benefit will not be realized.
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (In thousands)
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Accrued expenses | $ | 28,005 |  |  | $ | 13,708 |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 52,336 |  |  | 27,177 |
Tax credit carryforwards | 6,138 |  |  | 5,095 |
Stock-based compensation | 69,101 |  |  | 66,962 |
Income tax reserves, including related interest | 62,852 |  |  | 60,596 |
Fair value investments | 1,151 |  |  | 12,189 |
Equity method investments | 13,584 |  |  | 13,809 |
Other | 11,444 |  |  | 13,374 |
Total deferred tax assets | 244,611 |  |  | 212,910 |
Less valuation allowance | (62,353 | ) |  | (60,783 | )
Net deferred tax assets | 182,258 |  |  | 152,127 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Property and equipment | (1,743 | ) |  | (6,018 | )
Investment in subsidiaries | (377,483 | ) |  | (373,652 | )
Intangible and other assets | (69,530 | ) |  | (60,830 | )
Other | (20,098 | ) |  | (14,602 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities | (468,854 | ) |  | (455,102 | )
Net deferred tax liability | $ | (286,596 | ) |  | $ | (302,975 | )
Schedule of reconciliation of income tax (benefit) provision to amounts computed by applying statutory federal income tax rate to earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | A reconciliation of the income tax provision (benefit) to the amounts computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to earnings from continuing operations before income taxes is shown as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
| (In thousands)
Income tax provision at the federal statutory rate of 35% | $ | 145,705 |  |  | $ | 101,172 |  |  | $ | 60,033 |
Reversal of deferred tax liability associated with investment in Meetic | — |  |  | — |  |  | (43,696 | )
Change in tax reserves, net | 1,791 |  |  | 17,703 |  |  | (15,493 | )
Foreign income taxed at a different statutory tax rate | (17,428 | ) |  | (16,240 | ) |  | (11,774 | )
Net adjustment related to the reconciliation of income tax provision accruals to tax returns | (5,237 | ) |  | (3,876 | ) |  | (7,298 | )
Federal valuation allowance on equity method investments | 214 |  |  | 979 |  |  | 4,595 |
State income taxes, net of effect of federal tax benefit | 7,469 |  |  | 7,650 |  |  | 5,592 |
Other, net | 1,988 |  |  | 11,827 |  |  | 3,994 |
Income tax provision (benefit) | $ | 134,502 |  |  | $ | 119,215 |  |  | $ | (4,047 | )
Schedule of reconciliation of beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest, is as follows:
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
| (In thousands)
Balance at January 1 | $ | 379,281 |  |  | $ | 351,561 |  |  | $ | 389,909 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 2,887 |  |  | 6,278 |  |  | 1,749 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 3,189 |  |  | 45,287 |  |  | 9,560 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (17,116 | ) |  | (17,545 | ) |  | (26,595 | )
Settlements | (78,954 | ) |  | (5,349 | ) |  | (16,810 | )
Expiration of applicable statute of limitations | (13,474 | ) |  | (951 | ) |  | (6,252 | )
Balance at December 31 | $ | 275,813 |  |  | $ | 379,281 |  |  | $ | 351,561 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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