Accounts Payable, Accrued, and Other Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accounts Payable, Accrued Liabilities, and Other Liabilities Disclosure, Current [Text Block]

4 — ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED, AND OTHER LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Accounts payable	$	27,344	$	27,573
Payroll, employee benefits, severance		71,892		66,110
Bonus payable		68,776		62,191
Commissions payable		49,128		42,328
Taxes payable		18,897		15,917
Rent and other facilities costs		4,310		5,046
Professional, consulting, audit fees		8,355		6,907
Events fulfillment liabilities		4,209		2,255
Other accrued liabilities		34,852		31,163
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	287,763	$	259,490

Other liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Non-current deferred revenue	$	5,508	$	4,572
Interest rate swap liabilities		10,017		9,891
Long-term taxes payable		16,760		20,141
Deferred rent (1)		19,586		21,046
Benefit plan-related liabilities		54,779		47,326
Other		22,954		23,975
Total other liabilities	$	129,604	$	126,951

(1) Represents the remaining unamortized long-term deferred rent on the $25.0 million tenant improvement allowance on the Company’s Stamford headquarters facility. See Note 1 — Business and Significant Accounting Policies above for additional information.