Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Interest And Other Investment Income (Loss), Net [Table Text Block]

(Amounts in thousands)		For the Year Ended December 31,
		2015		2014		2013
Dividends on marketable securities		$	12,836	$	12,707	$	11,446
Interest on loans receivable			6,371		6,107		20,683
Mark-to-market of investments in our deferred compensation plan(1)			111		11,557		10,636
Losses from the disposition of investment in J.C. Penney			-		-		(72,974)
Other, net			7,660		8,381		5,322
		$	26,978	$	38,752	$	(24,887)
(1)	This income is entirely offset by the expense resulting from the mark-to-market of the deferred compensation plan liability, which is included in "general and administrative" expense.