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Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Foreign Currency [Abstract] |
Currency Transaction (Losses) Gains | Currency transaction (losses) gains included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended
| March 31, 2016 |  | March 31, 2015
| (In thousands)
Operating income | $ | (11,842 | ) |  | $ | 11,904 |
Other non-operating income (expense), net | (26,989 | ) |  | (925 | )
Net transaction (losses) gains | $ | (38,831 | ) |  | $ | 10,979 |

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