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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The effective tax rate was 41.2% and 42.7% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, compared to 41.1% and 40.9% in the same periods of 2014. The change in rate is mainly due to the impact of foreign taxes and the effect of certain acquisition-related costs which are not deductible for tax purposes. The liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $6.0 million at June 30, 2015, and $6.7 million at December 31, 2014. Included in the liability at June 30, 2015 were $3.6 million of tax positions for which ultimate deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. In the current quarter, the Company concluded the examinations of our 2012 and 2013 federal income tax returns.  The impact of these examinations on our financial statements was not material.