Acquisitions (Tables)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Schedule of Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent and Transfers to and from Noncontrolling Interest	hanges in the Company’s ownership interests in its less than 100% owned subsidiaries during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows

Tabular disclosure of the net income loss attributable to parent and the transfers to and from noncontrolling interest.

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