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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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