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Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

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								Six Months Ended
		June 30,								June 30,
		2016				2015				2016				2015
Provision for income taxes		$	13			$	61			$	35			$	200
Effective income tax rate			2.4	%			7.3	%			0.6	%			4.5	%

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