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Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2016 |  | September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2016 |  | September 30, 2015
| (In thousands)
Operating income | $ | (48,076 | ) |  | $ | (16,463 | ) |  | $ | (85,081 | ) |  | $ | 7,976 |
Other non-operating (expense) income, net | (1,269 | ) |  | (2,926 | ) |  | (29,388 | ) |  | (6,324 | )
Net transaction (losses) gains | $ | (49,345 | ) |  | $ | (19,389 | ) |  | $ | (114,469 | ) |  | $ | 1,652 |

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