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Defined Contribution Bonus and Profit Sharing Plans Defined Contribution, Bonus, and Profit Sharing (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Defined Contribution, Bonus, and Profit Sharing [Abstract]

Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans [Table Text Block]

The expense for our defined contribution plans was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014				2013				2012
	(in thousands)
Defined contribution plans expense	$	7,097			$	7,392			$	7,551

Schedule of Bonus and Profit Sharing Expenses [Table Text Block]

Bonus and profit sharing plans and award expense was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014				2013				2012
	(in thousands)
Bonus and profit sharing plans and award expense	$	37,850			$	15,745			$	25,297

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Tabular disclosure of the costs related to the various types of retirement plans including defined benefit pension plan cost, defined contribution plan cost, other postretirement benefit plan cost, and net periodic benefit cost.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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