Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending of year amount of unrecognized tax benefit is as follows (in thousands):



	2011			2010			2009
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year	$	18,034		$	27,700		$	66,902
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	1,219			1,532			631
Additions for tax positions of prior years	5,212			3,100			1,062
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(492		)	(1,634		)	(2,405		)
Settlement reductions	(5,330		)	—			(2,042		)
Reductions for tax positions settled through the expirations of the statute of limitations	(1,552		)	(12,664		)	(36,448		)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of year	$	17,091		$	18,034		$	27,700

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

The provision for income taxes from continuing operations is comprised of the following (in thousands):



	For the years ended December 31,
	2011		2010			2009
Current provision	$	48,384	$	(3,908	)	$	6,198
Deferred provision	62,909		22,952			90,658
Total income tax provision from continuing operations	$	111,293	$	19,044		$	96,856

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Effective Income Tax Rate

The difference between the Company’s reported income tax expense from continuing operations and the federal income tax expense from continuing operations computed at the statutory rate of 35.0% is explained in the following table (in thousands):



	For the years ended December 31,
	2011					2010					2009
Federal income tax at the statutory rate	$	95,489		35.0	%	$	11,728		35.0	%	$	116,043		35.0	%
State, local and foreign income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	9,415			3.5		4,133			12.3		10,661			3.2
Reduction for tax positions settled, net of federal income tax benefit	(1,676		)	(0.6	)	(12,324		)	(36.8	)	(37,952		)	(11.4	)
Settlements	7,000			2.6		13,746			41.0		5,307			1.6
Other, net (including tax accrual adjustments)	1,065			0.3		1,761			5.3		2,797			0.8
Total income tax provision from continuing operations	$	111,293		40.8	%	$	19,044		56.8	%	$	96,856		29.2	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2011			2010
Accounts receivable reserves	$	120,983		$	135,132
Net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards	79,765			83,283
Accrued liabilities	88,073			97,008
Pension obligations	1,136			29,274
Other	15,794			14,873
Gross deferred tax assets, before valuation allowances	305,751			359,570
Valuation allowances	(18,232		)	(18,418		)
Gross deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances	$	287,519		$	341,152

Amortization of intangibles	$	568,849		$	532,133
Contingent convertible debentures interest	322,035			322,610
Fixed assets and depreciation methods	48,034			33,589
Subsidiary stock basis	12,203			12,240
Current and noncurrent assets	3,665			7,097
Other	18,146			54,708
Gross deferred tax liabilities	$	972,932		$	962,377

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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