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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The Company’s worldwide effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was 19.3% and 19.6%, respectively. The primary factors that caused a decrease in the Company’s worldwide effective tax rate are the changes in the geographic mix of the current year earnings towards countries with lower statutory rates and also the mix of new tax jurisdictions from acquisitions in the US, western Europe and Asia during 2014.