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Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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 nine months ended September 30 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

		Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2015				2014				2015				2014
Provision for income taxes		$	174			$	(527	)		$	374			$	(510	)
Effective income tax rate			7.8	%			(12.6	%)			17.0	%			(3.5	%)

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