Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 01, 2012

Income Taxes Disclosure [Abstract]

Income taxes disclosure [Table Text Block]

Note 9: Income Taxes
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and income from equity method investments			2012		2011		2010
United States		$	69,287	$	48,782	$	50,271
Non-U.S.			20,261		53,638		26,347
Total		$	89,548	$	102,420	$	76,618
Components of the provision for income tax expense (benefit)			2012		2011		2010
Current:
	U.S. federal	$	25,637	$	6,286	$	3,678
	State		2,663		1,191		(586)
	Non-U.S.		18,999		17,994		7,779
			47,299		25,471		10,871
Deferred:
	U.S. federal		(12,314)		7,515		9,345
	State		(398)		676		811
	Non-U.S.		(4,108)		(2,451)		(694)
			(16,820)		5,740		9,462
Total		$	30,479	$	31,211	$	20,333
Reconciliation of effective income tax			2012		2011		2010
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate		$	31,342	$	35,847	$	26,816
State income taxes, net of federal benefit			1,472		1,202		1,486
Foreign dividend repatriation			(9,004)		(536)		-
Foreign operations			(7,911)		(3,028)		(4,265)
Interest income not taxable in the U.S.			(1,802)		(1,784)		(2,402)
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefits			-		-		(3,231)
Change in valuation allowance			5,502		-		615
Tax impact of special charges, net			10,209		-		-
Other			671		(490)		1,314
Total		$	30,479	$	31,211	$	20,333
Deferred income tax balances at each year-end related to					2012		2011
Depreciation and amortization				$	(32,731)	$	(8,829)
Employee benefit costs					71,100		39,917
Foreign tax credit carryforward					13,510		2,259
Tax loss carryforwards					12,355		9,641
Other					22,669		9,316
					86,903		52,304
Valuation allowance					(12,325)		(3,737)
Net deferred tax assets				$	74,578	$	48,567
The difference between the change in the deferred tax assets in the balance sheet and the deferred tax provision is primarily due to the defined benefit pension adjustments.

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

		2012
Balance at beginning of year	$	5,584
Tax positions related to the current year:
Additions		1,215
Tax positions related to prior years:
Additions		297
Reductions		(1,844)
Settlements		(67)
Lapses in applicable statutes of limitation		(299)
Balance at end of year	$	4,886