Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]

Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

Income from continuing operations before income taxes is categorized geographically as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
United States	$	250,041	$	245,745	$	62,287
Foreign	206,730		166,950		131,300
Total income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	456,771	$	412,695	$	193,587

Components Of Provision For Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Continuing Operations:
Current (expense) benefit:
Federal	$	(1,104	)	$	(13,553	)	$	(30,325	)
State	(8,150		)	(7,960		)	(1,963		)
Foreign, including foreign witholding tax	(13,613		)	(8,498		)	(1,146		)
	(22,867		)	(30,011		)	(33,434		)
Deferred (expense) benefit:
Federal	53,629			(67,700		)	(17,047		)
State	66,701			(6,760		)	(1,501		)
Foreign	(9,784		)	4,261			(3,049		)
	110,546			(70,199		)	(21,597		)
Total income tax expense from continuing operations	$	87,679		$	(100,210	)	$	(55,031	)
Income tax (expense) benefit from discontinued operations	$	—		$	(3,594	)	$	4,422

Reconciliation Of Income Tax At Effective Income Tax Rate

The difference between income tax expense and the amount resulting from applying the federal statutory rate of 35% to Income from continuing operations before income taxes is attributable to the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate	$	(159,870	)	$	(144,443	)	$	(67,755	)
State taxes, net of federal benefit	(13,821		)	(10,003		)	(2,280		)
Differences between statutory rate and foreign effective tax rate	51,016			51,780			43,591
Tax benefit from worthless stock deduction	1,717,466			—			—
Change in valuation allowance	(1,195,303		)	5,760			(350		)
Deferred taxes on unremitted foreign earnings	(167,115		)	—			—
Accrual for uncertain tax positions	(140,596		)	(306		)	(23,265		)
Other	(4,098		)	(2,998		)	(4,972		)
	$	87,679		$	(100,210	)	$	(55,031	)

Summary Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	260,253		$	34,422
Deductible goodwill and intangible assets	48,365			7,761
Tax credit carryforwards	4,432			—
Deferred revenue, accruals and reserves	99,934			87,235
Capital loss carryforwards and book impairment of investments	1,210,529			3,400
Other	5,060			5,234
Total deferred tax assets	1,628,573			138,052
Valuation allowance	(1,203,870		)	(20,815		)
Net deferred tax assets	424,703			117,237
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(19,354		)	(21,522		)
Unremitted foreign earnings	(167,115		)	—
Subordinated Convertible debentures	(453,825		)	(424,488		)
Other	(5,656		)	(5,984		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(645,950		)	(451,994		)
Total net deferred tax liabilities	$	(221,247	)	$	(334,757	)

Reconciliation Of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1	$	56,593	$	55,933
Increases in tax positions for prior years	83		420
Increases in tax positions for current year	140,513		240
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31	$	197,189	$	56,593