Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]

Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

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

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
United States	$	270,373	$	250,041	$	245,745
Foreign	212,938		206,730		166,950
Total income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	483,311	$	456,771	$	412,695

Components Of Provision For Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Continuing Operations:
Current (expense) benefit:
Federal	$	(4,643	)	$	(1,104	)	$	(13,553	)
State	14			(8,150		)	(7,960		)
Foreign, including foreign witholding tax	(69,614		)	(13,613		)	(8,498		)
	(74,243		)	(22,867		)	(30,011		)
Deferred (expense) benefit:
Federal	(76,614		)	53,629			(67,700		)
State	(15,402		)	66,701			(6,760		)
Foreign	38,208			(9,784		)	4,261
	(53,808		)	110,546			(70,199		)
Total income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations	$	(128,051	)	$	87,679		$	(100,210	)
Income tax (expense) benefit from discontinued operations	$	—		$	—		$	(3,594	)

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,
	2014			2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate	$	(169,159	)	$	(159,870	)	$	(144,443	)
State taxes, net of federal benefit	(11,308		)	(13,821		)	(10,003		)
Differences between statutory rate and foreign effective tax rate	57,876			51,016			51,780
Reorganization of certain non-U.S. operations	(14,474		)	—			—
Tax (expense) benefit from worthless stock deduction	(14,497		)	1,717,466			—
Change in valuation allowance	41,700			(1,195,303		)	5,760
Repatriation of foreign earnings	4,164			(167,115		)	—
Accrual for uncertain tax positions	(22,719		)	(140,596		)	(306		)
Other	366			(4,098		)	(2,998		)
	$	(128,051	)	$	87,679		$	(100,210	)

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,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	61,059		$	260,253
Deductible goodwill and intangible assets	34,586			48,365
Tax credit carryforwards	100,190			4,432
Deferred revenue, accruals and reserves	103,794			99,934
Capital loss carryforwards and book impairment of investments	1,161,896			1,210,529
Other	4,956			5,060
Total deferred tax assets	1,466,481			1,628,573
Valuation allowance	(1,162,170		)	(1,203,870		)
Net deferred tax assets	304,311			424,703
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(16,115		)	(19,354		)
Unremitted foreign earnings	—			(167,115		)
Subordinated Convertible debentures	(494,625		)	(453,825		)
Other	(4,151		)	(5,656		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(514,891		)	(645,950		)
Total net deferred tax liabilities	$	(210,580	)	$	(221,247	)

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,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1	$	197,189	$	56,593
Increases in tax positions for prior years	22,538		83
Increases in tax positions for current year	181		140,513
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31	$	219,908	$	197,189