Supplemental Cash Flow Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Text Block]

Cash payments for interest costs and income taxes consist of the following (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2013		2012
Interest costs (none capitalized)	$	90,277	$	56,940
Income taxes	40		2,590

We had a non-cash investing activity as the result of the receivable from the GM subvention program for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 of $24.9 million and $25.4 million.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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