Other Intangible Assets, Net

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Intangible Assets, net [Text Block]

Other Intangible Assets, net

Other intangible assets consist of the following:

	March 31,			December 31,
(in thousands)	2012			2011
Customer lists	$	260,520		$	276,112
Noncompete agreements	6,783			7,898
Trade names and licenses	24,575			24,402
	291,878			308,412
Less accumulated amortization	(133,437		)	(144,047		)
Other intangible assets, net	$	158,441		$	164,365

Amortization expense for other intangible assets was $6.7 million and $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. We have reclassified $2.5 million and $2.6 million of other intangible assets, net, to assets of discontinued operations as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for other intangible assets anticipated for the next five years is as follows:

(in thousands)
Remainder of 2012	$	20,061
2013	24,778
2014	17,902
2015	16,420
2016	15,321
Thereafter	63,959
	$	158,441