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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
AOCI Compnents [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Comprehensive Income | Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
| Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges |  | Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities |  | Defined benefit pension plans and nonpension postretirement benefit plans |  | Foreign currency items |  | Total
Balance at January 1, 2013 | $ | (7,777 | ) |  | $ | 4,513 |  |  | $ | (759,199 | ) |  | $ | 81,250 |  |  | $ | (681,213 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (a) | (211 | ) |  | (5,273 | ) |  | — |  |  | (36,805 | ) |  | (42,289 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (a), (b), (c) | 1,173 |  |  | 606 |  |  | 28,943 |  |  | (3,813 | ) |  | 26,909 |
Net current period other comprehensive income | 962 |  |  | (4,667 | ) |  | 28,943 |  |  | (40,618 | ) |  | (15,380 | )
Balance at September 30, 2013 | $ | (6,815 | ) |  | $ | (154 | ) |  | $ | (730,256 | ) |  | $ | 40,632 |  |  | $ | (696,593 | )
| Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges |  | Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities |  | Defined benefit pension plans and nonpension postretirement benefit plans |  | Foreign currency items |  | Total
Balance at January 1, 2012 | $ | (8,438 | ) |  | $ | 4,387 |  |  | $ | (741,546 | ) |  | $ | 83,952 |  |  | $ | (661,645 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (a) | 323 |  |  | 641 |  |  | — |  |  | (883 | ) |  | 81 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (a), (b) | 255 |  |  | 326 |  |  | 35,115 |  |  | — |  |  | 35,696 |
Net current period other comprehensive income | 578 |  |  | 967 |  |  | 35,115 |  |  | (883 | ) |  | 35,777 |
Balance at September 30, 2012 | $ | (7,860 | ) |  | $ | 5,354 |  |  | $ | (706,431 | ) |  | $ | 83,069 |  |  | $ | (625,868 | )
(a) Amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicate debits to AOCI. (b) See table above for additional details of these reclassifications.
(c) | Foreign currency item amount represents the recognition of deferred translation upon the sale of the U.K. IMS business and PBMSi. Amount was reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and recorded as discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:
| Amount Reclassified from AOCI (a)
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | $ | (169 | ) |  | $ | 456 |  |  | $ | (922 | ) |  | $ | 1,230 |
Cost of sales | 108 |  |  | (56 | ) |  | 520 |  |  | (129 | )
Interest expense | (507 | ) |  | (507 | ) |  | (1,521 | ) |  | (1,521 | )
Total before tax | (568 | ) |  | (107 | ) |  | (1,923 | ) |  | (420 | )
Tax benefit | 222 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 750 |  |  | 165 |
Net of tax | $ | (346 | ) |  | $ | (64 | ) |  | $ | (1,173 | ) |  | $ | (255 | )
Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income | $ | 1,640 |  |  | $ | (41 | ) |  | $ | (962 | ) |  | $ | (517 | )
Tax benefit | (607 | ) |  | 15 |  |  | 356 |  |  | 191 |
Net of tax | $ | 1,033 |  |  | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | (606 | ) |  | $ | (326 | )
Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (b) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transition credit | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 6 |
Prior service (costs) credit | (163 | ) |  | 295 |  |  | (524 | ) |  | 884 |
Actuarial losses | (12,136 | ) |  | (18,852 | ) |  | (44,038 | ) |  | (56,376 | )
Total before tax | (12,297 | ) |  | (18,555 | ) |  | (44,556 | ) |  | (55,486 | )
Tax benefit | 4,347 |  |  | 6,404 |  |  | 15,613 |  |  | 20,371 |
Net of tax | $ | (7,950 | ) |  | $ | (12,151 | ) |  | $ | (28,943 | ) |  | $ | (35,115 | )
(a) Amounts in parentheses indicate debits (reductions) to income.
(b) | These items are included in the computation of net periodic costs of defined benefit pension plans and nonpension postretirement benefit plans (see Note 15 for additional details).

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