Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Abstract]

Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

Income from continuing operations before income taxes is categorized geographically as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
	(In thousands)
United States	$	245,745	$	62,287	$	39,454
Foreign	166,950		131,300		55,900
Total income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	412,695	$	193,587	$	95,354

Components Of Provision For Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Continuing Operations:
Current (expense) benefit:
Federal	$	(13,553	)	$	(30,325	)	$	91,305
State	(7,960		)	(1,963		)	27,777
Foreign, including foreign witholding tax	(8,498		)	(1,146		)	(8,474		)
	(30,011		)	(33,434		)	110,608
Deferred (expense) benefit:
Federal	(67,700		)	(17,047		)	(103,343		)
State	(6,760		)	(1,501		)	(36,397		)
Foreign	4,261			(3,049		)	3,810
	(70,199		)	(21,597		)	(135,930		)
Total income tax expense from continuing operations	$	(100,210	)	$	(55,031	)	$	(25,322	)
Income tax (expense) benefit from discontinued operations	$	(3,594	)	$	4,422		$	(279,644	)

Reconciliation Of Income Tax At Effective Income Tax Rate

The difference between income tax expense and the amount resulting from applying the federal statutory rate of 35% to Income from continuing operations before income taxes is attributable to the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate	$	(144,443	)	$	(67,755	)	$	(33,373	)
State taxes, net of federal benefit	(10,003		)	(2,280		)	(8,620		)
Differences between statutory rate and foreign effective tax rate	51,780			43,591			19,122
Non-deductible stock-based compensation	(1,509		)	(1,777		)	(2,826		)
Change in valuation allowance	5,760			(350		)	350
Research and experimentation credit	—			1,670			670
Tax expense related to foreign currency gain on distribution of previously taxed income	—			(6,207		)	—
Change in estimated tax expense related to a divested business	—			—			3,365
Accrual for uncertain tax positions	(306		)	(23,265		)	(4,966		)
Other	(1,489		)	1,342			956
	$	(100,210	)	$	(55,031	)	$	(25,322	)

Summary Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	34,422		$	20,157
Deductible goodwill and intangible assets	7,761			8,909
Tax credit carryforwards	—			6,213
Deferred revenue, accruals and reserves	87,235			106,234
Capital loss carryforwards and book impairment of investments	3,400			5,749
Other	5,234			4,439
Total deferred tax assets	138,052			151,701
Valuation allowance	(20,815		)	(15,882		)
Net deferred tax assets	117,237			135,819
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(21,522		)	(42		)
Non-deductible acquired intangibles	—			(148		)
Convertible debentures	(424,488		)	(390,125		)
Other	(5,984		)	(3,417		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(451,994		)	(393,732		)
Total net deferred tax liabilities	$	(334,757	)	$	(257,913	)

Reconciliation Of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1	$	55,933	$	28,757
Increases in tax positions for prior years	420		41
Decreases in tax positions for prior years	—		(1,685		)
Increases in tax positions for current year	240		29,242
Lapse in statute of limitations	—		(422		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31	$	56,593	$	55,933