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Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Foreign Currency [Abstract] |
Schedule of Currency Transaction (Losses) Gains | Currency transaction gains (losses) included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended |  | For the Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016
| (In thousands)
Operating income (loss) | $ | 2,857 |  |  | $ | (48,076 | ) |  | $ | (32,137 | ) |  | $ | (85,081 | )
Other non-operating expense, net | (1,244 | ) |  | (1,269 | ) |  | (7,368 | ) |  | (29,388 | )
Net transaction gains (losses) | $ | 1,613 |  |  | $ | (49,345 | ) |  | $ | (39,505 | ) |  | $ | (114,469 | )

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