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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (In thousands)
| Balance at beginning of year |  | Charged to income |  | Other (a) |  | Write-down |  | Balance at end of year
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2016 | $ | 49,659 |  |  | $ | 8,336 |  |  | $ | (392 | ) |  | $ | 5,347 |  |  | $ | 52,256 |
Year ended December 31, 2015 | $ | 59,188 |  |  | $ | (8 | ) |  | $ | (383 | ) |  | $ | 9,138 |  |  | $ | 49,659 |
Year ended December 31, 2014 | $ | 64,129 |  |  | $ | 3,789 |  |  | $ | (2,451 | ) |  | $ | 6,279 |  |  | $ | 59,188 |
(a) | "Other" primarily includes the effect of fluctuations in foreign currencies and the allowance for doubtful accounts of the businesses acquired by the company. Prior to 2016, the company presented the effect of fluctuations in foreign currencies in "charged to income". Prior year amounts were reclassified in the table above to conform with current year presentation.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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