Proceeds From Divestiture of Business, Cash Retained

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Amount before tax of income (loss) from an individually significant component disposed of or held-for-sale including the portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3A
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51719941&loc=SL51724579-110230

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3179-108585

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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DIVESTITURES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended
DIVESTITURES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 15, 2015	May. 07, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax Gain (loss)			$ 0	$ 356
Hudson Information Technology (US) Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 16,977
Pre-tax Gain (loss)			$ 0	$ (396)
Netherlands Business Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses		$ 9,029
Proceeds From Divestiture of Business, Cash Retained		$ 1,135