Real Estate Charges

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Since 2010, in connection with our workforce reductions and in an effort to reduce our global real estate footprint, we have implemented a global office space consolidation. As a result, we have sub-leased over one million square feet of office space. The activity in the liability account relating to our global space consolidation initiatives for the following periods is:



	Six Months Ended June 30, 2017			Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2016
	(in thousands)

Balance as of beginning of period	$	112,932		$	123,912
Expense (credit) incurred	15,940			12,248
Deferred rent	3,601			4,930
Payments made	(20,861		)	(32,988		)
Interest accretion	2,074			4,830
Balance as of end of period	$	113,686		$	112,932