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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("AOCI") | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("AOCI") | 15. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”)—The following table lists the beginning balance, annual activity and ending balance of accumulated other comprehensive loss, which consists of foreign currency translation adjustments:
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 |  |  |  |
Balance, December 31, 2015 |  | $ | (3,541 | )
Other comprehensive gain |  |  | 85 |
Balance, March 31, 2016 |  | $ | (3,456 | )
Other comprehensive loss |  |  | (537 | )
Balance, June 30, 2016 |  | $ | (3,993 | )
Other comprehensive loss |  |  | (436 | )
Balance, September 30, 2016 |  | $ | (4,429 | )
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 |  |  |  |
Balance, December 31, 2014 |  | $ | (1,970 | )
Other comprehensive loss |  |  | (248 | )
Balance, March 31, 2015 |  | $ | (2,218 | )
Other comprehensive loss |  |  | (323 | )
Balance, June 30, 2015 |  | $ | (2,541 | )
Other comprehensive loss |  |  | (897 | )
Balance, September 30, 2015 |  | $ | (3,438 | )

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