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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The Company's forecasted effective tax rate at September 30, 2014 was 35.7%, a 2.4% increase from the 33.3% effective tax rate recorded at December 31, 2013. The forecasted effective tax rate of 35.7% excludes jurisdictions for which no benefit from forecasted current year losses is anticipated. Including losses from such jurisdictions results in a forecasted effective tax rate of 36.3%. Our forecasted effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could change to the extent that earnings, in countries with tax rates that differ from that of the U.S., differ from amounts anticipated at September 30, 2014.

After discrete tax expense of $24, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was 40.4%. The discrete tax expense is primarily attributable to adjustments to prior-year research and development tax credits, offset by tax benefits of share-based compensation.