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Comprehensive income (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
Comprehensive income [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income and the Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Related Tax Effects |
Comprehensive income, and the components of other comprehensive income (loss) and related tax effects, were as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Net income |  | $ | 45,067 |  |  | $ | 48,938 |
Other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain on derivative instruments arising during the period, net of tax of $10,576 and $2,588 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | 17,057 |  |  |  | 4,637 |
Less: Reclassification adjustment for gain (loss) on derivative instruments included in net income, net of tax of $(2,191) and $3,191 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | (3,650 | ) |  |  | 5,259 |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges |  |  | 20,707 |  |  |  | (622 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $32 and $(307) in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | (476 | )
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments, net of tax of $47 in 2011 |  |  | 87 |  |  |  | - |
|  |  | 20,844 |  |  |  | (1,098 | )
Comprehensive income |  | $ | 65,911 |  |  | $ | 47,840 |
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Net income |  | $ | 88,044 |  |  | $ | 90,710 |
Other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments arising during the period, net of tax of $(388) and $11,962 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | (1,217 | ) |  |  | 19,932 |
Less: Reclassification adjustment for gain (loss) on derivative instruments included in net income, net of tax of $91 and $(1,166) in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | 155 |  |  |  | (1,850 | )
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges |  |  | (1,372 | ) |  |  | 21,782 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $170 and $(929) in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | 262 |  |  |  | (1,412 | )
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments, net of tax of $55 in 2011 |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | - |
|  |  | (1,007 | ) |  |  | 20,370 |
Comprehensive income |  | $ | 87,037 |  |  | $ | 111,080 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 45 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e526-108580 + Details
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