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Income Taxes (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Income Taxes

The effective tax rate was (7)% and (335)% for the third quarter of 2014 and 2013, respectively. The effective tax rate was (32)% and (38)% for the first nine months of 2014 and 2013, respectively. The change in the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the amount and distribution of income and losses among the various jurisdictions in which we operate. The effective tax rates were also impacted by operating losses generated in jurisdictions where no tax benefit was recognized due to the maintenance of a full valuation allowance.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, income tax expense relates primarily to income from certain foreign operations. Losses in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions had no impact on income tax expense as no tax benefit was recognized due to the maintenance of a full valuation allowance.

For the three months ended September 30, 2013, income tax expense relates primarily to income from certain foreign operations. For the first nine months of 2013, income tax benefit relates primarily to a discrete tax benefit of $29 related to the signing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 during the first quarter of 2013, which provided for the exclusion of certain foreign earnings from U.S. federal taxation from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013.