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Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Income Taxes

Schedule of income (loss) before income taxes and income tax expense

		Three months ended March 31,
		2016			2015
		(in thousands)
Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(15,005	)	$	(15,664	)
Income tax expense		$	528		$	3,446

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Tabular disclosure of pre-tax income (loss) and provision for income tax.

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