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Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provisions for Income Taxes and Effective Income Tax Rates

The provisions for income taxes and the effective income tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, were as follows (dollars in thousands):

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2015				2014				2015				2014
Provision for income taxes		$	61			$	—			$	200			$	17
Effective income tax rate			7.3	%			0.0	%			4.5	%			0.2	%

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