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PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [ABSTRACT] |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT | (5) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Land and buildings | $ | 38,833 |  | $ | 38,846
Computer equipment and software |  | 279,129 |  |  | 261,378
Telephone equipment |  | 42,914 |  |  | 44,861
Furniture and fixtures |  | 50,322 |  |  | 51,460
Leasehold improvements |  | 143,051 |  |  | 138,117
Motor vehicles |  | 355 |  |  | 190
Construction-in-progress and other |  | 450 |  |  | 339
| Property, plant and equipment, gross |  | 555,054 |  |  | 535,191
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  | (442,778) |  |  | (434,870)
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 112,276 |  | $ | 100,321
Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $37.4 million, $40.4 million and $49.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Included in computer equipment and software in the table above, the Company had $3.5 million and $3.7 million of unamortized Software Development Costs as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) -Number 12 -Paragraph 5 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 + Details
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