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7. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

7. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS


Goodwill by reportable business segment at December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):


  North
America
     Europe      Asia
Pacific
     Total  
                         
Gross value at December 31, 2009 $ 397,763   $ 44,585   $ 4,684   $ 447,032  
Accumulated impairment losses   (92,423 )           (92,423 )
                         
Carrying value at December 31, 2009   305,340     44,585     4,684     354,609  
Disposal of PGiSend goodwill   (34,430 )   (24,706 )       (59,136 )
Adjustments   1,124     (545 )   629     1,208  
                         
Carrying value at December 31, 2010   272,034     19,334     5,313     296,681  
Adjustments   (504 )   (478 )   (9 )   (991 )
                         
Carrying value at December 31, 2011 $ 271,530   $ 18,856   $ 5,304   $ 295,690  
                         

Goodwill is not subject to amortization but is subject to periodic reviews for impairment. Adjustments to the goodwill carrying value since December 31, 2009 are primarily due to foreign currency fluctuations against the U.S. Dollar. The disposal of goodwill in 2010 was associated with our PGiSend sale.


Other Intangible Assets


Summarized below are the carrying values and accumulated amortization by intangible asset class at December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):


  2011   2010  
  Gross
carrying value
    Accumulated amortization     Net
carrying value
     Gross carrying value     Accumulated amortization     Net carrying value  
Other Intangible assets:                                    
   Customer lists $ 65,566   $ (57,682 ) $ 7,884   $ 67,386   $ (54,307 ) $ 13,079  
   Non-compete agreements   5,701     (5,063 )   638     5,825     (4,494 )   1,331  
   Developed technology   1,000     (1,000 )       1,000     (1,000 )    
   Other   2,889     (505 )   2,384     2,637     (80 )   2,557  
       Total other intangible assets $ 75,156   $ (64,250 ) $ 10,906   $ 76,848   $ (59,881 ) $ 16,967  

Other intangible assets include $9.9 million of net intangible assets at December 31, 2011 that are subject to amortization. Other intangible assets that are subject to amortization are amortized over an estimated useful life between one and ten years. Other intangible assets with indefinite lives that are not subject to amortization include $0.4 million of domain names and $0.6 million of trademarks. During 2010, we disposed of an aggregate of $104.7 million of intangibles and $104.4 million of accumulated amortization for intangibles that were no longer in service, primarily due to our PGiSend sale. Amortization expense related to our other intangible assets for the full year 2011 was approximately $6.4 million. Estimated amortization expense for the next five years is as follows (in thousands):


Year   Estimated
amortization
expense
     
2012   $ 3,808
2013   $ 1,491
2014   $ 1,109
2015   $ 1,105
2016   $    845