Note 21. Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current Expense (Benefit) [Abstract]
Federal	$ 37,882,000	$ 112,895,000	$ 92,728,000
State	(1,085,000)	5,345,000	696,000
Foreign	6,799,000	23,045,000	62,492,000
Total current expense	43,596,000	141,285,000	155,916,000
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]
Federal	7,374,000	(140,435,000)	(56,018,000)
State	(2,965,000)	(7,846,000)	(5,231,000)
Foreign	8,529,000	(7,224,000)	3,209,000
Total deferred benefit	12,938,000	(155,505,000)	(58,040,000)
Total income tax expense (benefit)	56,534,000	(14,220,000)	97,876,000
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Income Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation	4,400,000	103,900,000	61,600,000
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]
U. S. (loss) income	96,766,000	(366,903,000)	43,737,000
Non-U.S. Income	(136,570,000)	313,190,000	718,340,000
(Loss) income before income taxes	(39,804,000)	(53,713,000)	762,077,000
Increase (Decrease) in Income Tax Expense	70,800,000	(112,100,000)
Components of Income Before Income Taxes
Statutory income tax (benefit) expense ($)	(13,931,000)	(18,799,000)	266,727,000
Effect of tax holiday ($)	(78,313,000)	(63,895,000)	(139,141,000)
Foreign tax rate differential ($)	8,422,000	(24,425,000)	(46,865,000)
Tax credits ($)	(4,428,000)	(2,408,000)	(1,989,000)
Repatriation ($)	0	5,440,000	13,804,000
Non-deductible goodwill ($)	0	87,995,000	0
Other ($)	(783,000)	(548,000)	(605,000)
Impact of changes in valuation allowance ($)	146,942,000	3,186,000	1,601,000
Total income tax expense (benefit)	56,534,000	(14,220,000)	97,876,000
Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations, Tax Rate Reconciliation [Abstract]
Statutory income tax expense (%)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Income Tax Reconciliation, Economic Development Funding Benefit	0	5,762,000	0
Economic development funding benefit (%)	0.00%	10.70%	0.00%
Non-deductible expenses (%)	(3.40%)	(10.00%)	1.00%
Income Tax Reconciliation, State and Local Income Taxes	(2,739,000)	(356,000)	(2,917,000)
Income Tax Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense	1,364,000	5,352,000	7,261,000
State tax, net of federal benefit (%)	6.90%	0.70%	(0.40%)
Effect of tax holiday (%)	196.70%	119.00%	(18.30%)
Foreign tax rate differential (%)	(21.20%)	45.50%	(6.10%)
Tax Credits (%)	11.10%	4.50%	(0.30%)
Repatriation (%)	0.00%	(10.10%)	1.80%
Non-deductible goodwill	0.00%	(163.80%)	0.00%
Other (%)	2.10%	0.90%	(0.10%)
Impact of changes in valuation allowance (%)	(369.20%)	(5.90%)	0.20%
Reported income tax expense (%)	(142.00%)	26.50%	12.80%
Deferred tax assets [Abstract]
Goodwill	68,277,000	73,013,000
Economic development funding	1,336,000	8,030,000
Compensation	38,198,000	46,539,000
Accrued expenses	36,089,000	26,877,000
Tax credits	162,874,000	160,807,000
Net operating losses	112,975,000	39,395,000
Inventory	5,548,000	4,966,000
Deferred expense	18,035,000	18,225,000
Property, plant and equipment	62,640,000	6,302,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Long Term Contracts	19,733,000	8,958,000
Other	4,103,000	0
Deferred tax assets, gross	529,808,000	393,112,000
Valuation Allowance	(154,919,000)	(7,977,000)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	374,889,000	385,135,000
Deferred tax liabilities [Abstract]
Capitalized interest	(1,673,000)	(2,378,000)
Acquisition accounting / basis difference	(15,150,000)	(18,731,000)
Investment in foreign subsidiaries	(6,386,000)	(1,080,000)
Other	(8,843,000)	(7,799,000)
Deferred tax liabilities	(32,052,000)	(29,988,000)
Net deferred tax assets and liabilities	$ 342,837,000	$ 355,147,000