Goodwill (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and accumulated impairment losses, by reporting unit, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, is as follows:

(in thousands)	Data and Analytics			Mortgage Origination Services			Default Services		Consolidated
Balance at January 1, 2012
Goodwill	$	649,648		$	680,674		$	149,409	$	1,479,731
Accumulated impairment losses	(600		)	(6,925		)	—		(7,525		)
Goodwill, net	649,048			673,749			149,409		1,472,206
Translation adjustments	2,901			—			—		2,901
Balance at March 31, 2012
Goodwill, net	$	651,949		$	673,749		$	149,409	$	1,475,107