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Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 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 |  | For the Six Months Ended
| June 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2015 |  | June 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2015
| (In thousands)
Operating (loss) income | $ | (25,163 | ) |  | $ | 12,535 |  |  | $ | (37,005 | ) |  | $ | 24,439 |
Other non-operating income (expense), net | (1,130 | ) |  | (2,473 | ) |  | (28,119 | ) |  | (3,398 | )
Net transaction (losses) gains | $ | (26,293 | ) |  | $ | 10,062 |  |  | $ | (65,124 | ) |  | $ | 21,041 |

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