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Supplemental Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Supplemental Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Information |
Accrued liabilities |
|  | March 31, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Accrued compensation |  | $ | 100,783 |  | $ | 116,775 |
Deferred revenue |  |  | 259,671 |  |  | 255,626 |
Other taxes payable |  |  | 16,264 |  |  | 16,419 |
Workers’ compensation liabilities |  |  | 18,255 |  |  | 18,255 |
Interest payable |  |  | 25,804 |  |  | 57,233 |
Litigation reserves |  |  | 24,026 |  |  | 24,896 |
Current liability to discontinued operations |  |  | 5,566 |  |  | 5,462 |
Dividends declared and payable |  |  | 17,154 |  |  | 17,039 |
Other accrued liabilities |  |  | 29,841 |  |  | 31,543 |
|  | $ | 497,364 |  | $ | 543,248 |
Other expense (income) |
|  |  | Three Months Ended |
|  |  | March 31, |
|  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
| (In thousands)
Losses (gains) on sales, disposals and involuntary conversions of long-lived assets |  |  | $ | 2,875 |  | $ | 5,298 |
Charges related to our CJES holdings (1) |  |  |  | — |  |  | 177,242 |
Litigation expenses |  |  |  | 821 |  |  | 637 |
Foreign currency transaction losses (gains) |  |  |  | 876 |  |  | 4,214 |
(Gain) loss on debt buyback |  |  |  | 8,596 |  |  | (6,027) |
Other losses (gains) |  |  |  | 342 |  |  | 1,040 |
|  |  | $ | 13,510 |  | $ | 182,404 |
Schedule of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
|  |  |  |  | Unrealized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Gains |  | gains (losses) |  | Defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | (losses) on |  | on available- |  | benefit |  | Foreign |  |  |  |
|  | cash flow |  | for-sale |  | pension plan |  | currency |  |  |  |
|  | hedges |  | securities |  | items |  | items |  | Total |
|  | (In thousands (1) ) |
As of January 1, 2016 |  | $ | (1,670) |  | $ | (314) |  | $ | (6,568) |  | $ | (39,041) |  | $ | (47,593) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | — |  |  | 769 |  |  | — |  |  | 33,362 |  |  | 34,131 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 93 |  |  | — |  |  | 105 |  |  | — |  |  | 198 |
Net other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 93 |  |  | 769 |  |  | 105 |  |  | 33,362 |  |  | 34,329 |
As of March 31, 2016 |  | $ | (1,577) |  | $ | 455 |  | $ | (6,463) |  | $ | (5,679) |  | $ | (13,264) |
| (1) |  | All amounts are net of tax.
|  |  |  |  | Unrealized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Gains |  | gains (losses) |  | Defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | (losses) on |  | on available- |  | benefit |  | Foreign |  |  |  |
|  | cash flow |  | for-sale |  | pension plan |  | currency |  |  |  |
|  | hedges |  | securities |  | items |  | items |  | Total |
|  | (In thousands (1) ) |
As of January 1, 2017 |  | $ | (1,296) |  | $ | 14,235 |  | $ | (3,760) |  | $ | (21,298) |  | $ | (12,119) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | — |  |  | (3,201) |  |  | — |  |  | 3,860 |  |  | 659 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 93 |  |  | — |  |  | 31 |  |  | — |  |  | 124 |
Net other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 93 |  |  | (3,201) |  |  | 31 |  |  | 3,860 |  |  | 783 |
As of March 31, 2017 |  | $ | (1,203) |  | $ | 11,034 |  | $ | (3,729) |  | $ | (17,438) |  | $ | (11,336) |
| (1) |  | All amounts are net of tax.
Schedule of line items that were reclassified from net income |
|  |  | Three Months Ended |
|  |  | March 31, |
|  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
| (In thousands)
Interest expense |  |  | $ | 153 |  | $ | 153 |
General and administrative expenses |  |  |  | 50 |  |  | 174 |
Other expense (income), net |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax |  |  |  | (203) |  |  | (327) |
Tax expense (benefit) |  |  |  | (79) |  |  | (129) |
Reclassification adjustment for (gains)/ losses included in net income (loss) |  |  | $ | (124) |  | $ | (198) |

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