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Comprehensive income (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Net income |  | $ | 63,974 |  |  | $ | 61,010 |
Other comprehensive income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain on derivative instruments arising during the period, net of tax of $19,481 and $2,177 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | 32,547 |  |  |  | 3,628 |
Less: Reclassification adjustment for gain (loss) on derivative instruments included in net income, net of tax of $(320) and $3,209 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | (534 | ) |  |  | 5,348 |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges |  |  | 33,081 |  |  |  | (1,720 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $(905) and $1,730 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | (1,401 | ) |  |  | 2,679 |
|  |  | 31,680 |  |  |  | 959 |
Comprehensive income |  | $ | 95,654 |  |  | $ | 61,969 |
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Net income |  | $ | 152,019 |  |  | $ | 151,719 |
Other comprehensive income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain on derivative instruments arising during the period, net of tax of $19,367 and $10,351 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | 31,787 |  |  |  | 17,266 |
Less: Reclassification adjustment for gain (loss) on derivative instruments included in net income, net of tax of $45 and $(1,745) in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | 77 |  |  |  | (2,797 | )
Net unrealized gain on derivative instruments qualifying as hedges |  |  | 31,710 |  |  |  | 20,063 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $(736) and $801 in 2011 and 2010, respectively |  |  | (1,140 | ) |  |  | 1,266 |
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments, net of tax of $56 in 2011 |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | — |
|  |  | 30,673 |  |  |  | 21,329 |
Comprehensive income |  | $ | 182,692 |  |  | $ | 173,048 |

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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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