Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of provision for income taxes

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Federal
Current	$	17,834	$	17,737	$	19,796
Deferred		6,867		(2,409)		(6,388)
		24,701		15,328		13,408
State, Local and Foreign
Current		10,545		12,243		12,713
Deferred		1,968		(1,756)		(3,337)
		12,513		10,487		9,376
Total Provision	$	37,214	$	25,815	$	22,784

Schedule of deferred income taxes

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
Deferred tax assets
Unearned and deferred compensation	$	12,598	$	14,937
Other		3,465		82
		16,063		15,019
Deferred tax liabilities
Receivables from affiliates		(14,378)		(14,290)
Investments		(45,812)		(35,267)
Other		-		(755)
		(60,190)		(50,312)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(44,127)	$	(35,293)

Reconciliation of tax provision and tax benefit [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Pre-tax income from taxable subsidiaries	$	78,561		$	49,253		$	41,943
Federal provision at statutory tax rate (35%)		27,496	35.0%		17,238	35.0%		14,680	35.0%
State and local taxes, net of federal benefit		7,409	9.4%		4,303	8.7%		4,246	10.1%
Amortization of intangible assets		486	0.6%		854	1.7%		855	2.0%
Other		286	0.4%		272	0.6%		101	0.3%
Tax provision — taxable subsidiaries		35,677	45.4%		22,667	46.0%		19,882	47.4%
Other state, local and foreign taxes		1,537			3,148			2,902
Total provision	$	37,214		$	25,815		$	22,784