Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2011

Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) [Abstract]

Components of Comprehensive income (loss)

	Fiscal quarters ended						Six fiscal months ended
	July 2, 2011			July 3, 2010			July 2, 2011			July 3, 2010
Net earnings	$	82,496		$	76,965		$	158,103		$	122,604
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation
adjustment		18,691			(50,012	)		64,419			(79,496	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on available
for sale securities		(851	)		(528	)		(240	)		(133	)
Pension and other postretirement
adjustments		482			(6,768	)		2,416			(4,998	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		18,322			(57,308	)		66,595			(84,627	)
Comprehensive income	$	100,818		$	19,657		$	224,698		$	37,977
Less: Comprehensive income
attributable to noncontrolling interests		401			306			721			525
Comprehensive income attributable
to Vishay stockholders	$	100,417		$	19,351		$	223,977		$	37,452

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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