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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes |
|  | For the years ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Income (loss) before income tax expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S | $ | (107,301 | ) | $ | (61,436 | ) | $ | (43,672 | )
Foreign |  | (28,157 | ) |  | (108,895 | ) |  | 80,428 |
Total | $ | (135,458 | ) | $ | (170,331 | ) | $ | 36,756 |
Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Attributable To Continuing Operations |
|  |  |  | For the years ended |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | March 31, |  |  |  |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | — | $ | — |  | $ | — |
State |  | — |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign |  | 1,369 |  | 12,438 |  |  | 23,215 |
Total current |  | 1,369 |  | 12,438 |  |  | 23,215 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | — |  | (221 | ) |  | 30 |
State |  | — |  | (34 | ) |  | 5 |
Foreign |  | — |  | 3,770 |  |  | (2,742 | )
Total deferred |  | — |  | 3,515 |  |  | (2,707 | )
Income tax expense | $ | 1,369 | $ | 15,953 |  | $ | 20,508 |
Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate To Effective Income Tax Rate |
|  |  | For the years ended |  |  |
|  |  | March 31, |  |  |
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Statutory federal income tax rate | (34 | %) | (34 | %) | 34 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | (6 | )
Deemed dividend | 3 |  | — |  | — |
Foreign income tax rate differential | 3 |  | 4 |  | (20 | )
Stock options | 1 |  | 1 |  | 3 |
Nondeductible expenses | — |  | — |  | 1 |
Research and development tax credit | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | (2 | )
Goodwill Impairment | — |  | 7 |  | — |
Valuation allowance | 31 |  | 33 |  | 46 |
Effective income tax rate | 1 | % | 9 | % | 56 | %
Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities |
|  | For the year ended |
|  | March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | $ | 225,640 |  | $ | 194,216 |
Research and development and other tax credit carryforwards |  | 9,251 |  |  | 9,324 |
Accruals and reserves |  | 39,101 |  |  | 45,917 |
Fixed assets and intangible assets |  | 2,316 |  |  | 3,042 |
Other |  | 19,007 |  |  | 20,277 |
Gross deferred tax assets |  | 295,315 |  |  | 272,776 |
Valuation allowance |  | (252,302 | ) |  | (220,596 | )
Total deferred tax assets |  | 43,013 |  |  | 52,180 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets from acquisitions |  | — |  |  | (378 | )
Intercompany debt |  | (35,185 | ) |  | (33,872 | )
Other |  | (7,828 | ) |  | (17,930 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | (43,013 | ) |  | (52,180 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Schedule Of Uncertainties In Income Tax Provision Liability |
Balance at March 31, 2010 | $ | 195
Increase for tax positions |  | 102
Balance at March 31, 2011 |  | 297
Increase for tax positions |  | 764
Balance at March 31, 2012 | $ | 1,061

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