Supplementary Cash Flow Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Cash Flow Supplemental Disclosures [Text Block]

14. Supplementary Cash Flow Information

The following additional information is provided with respect to the consolidated statements of cash flows:

		Three months ended March 31,
		2014		2013
Supplementary cash flow information:
	Cash paid for interest	$	164,393	$	165,596
	Cash paid for income taxes (1)	$	83,138	$	59,708
	Cash inflow for income taxes from stock option exercises	$	545	$	522
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
	Details for acquisitions:
	Assets acquired	$	(31,589)	$	(69,485)
	Liabilities assumed		2,251		3,334
	Noncontrolling interest subject to put provisions		-		6,294
	Noncontrolling interest		288		4,527
	Obligations assumed in connection with acquisition		7,569		3,690
	Cash paid		(21,481)		(51,640)
	Less cash acquired		105		2,530
	Net cash paid for acquisitions		(21,376)		(49,110)
	Cash paid for investments		(112,848)		(22,185)
	Cash paid for intangible assets		(2,933)		(919)
	Total cash paid for acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired, and purchases of intangible assets	$	(137,157)	$	(72,214)
	(1) Net of tax refund.