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Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes and Effective Income Tax Rates

The (benefit) provision for income taxes and the effective income tax rates for the three months ended March 31 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2017				2016
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		$	(99	)		$	22
Effective income tax rate			(9.4	)%			0.4	%

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