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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, 2017 | $ | 52,256 |  |  | $ | 12,887 |  |  | $ | 2,831 |  |  | $ | 11,683 |  |  | $ | 56,291 |
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 |
(a) | "Other" primarily includes the effect of fluctuations in foreign currencies and the allowance for doubtful accounts of the businesses acquired by the company.

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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 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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