Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

(Loss) earnings before income taxes by geographic area are as follows (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
United States	$	(55,754	)	$	(21,163	)	$	(1,104	)
International	(10,710		)	12,674			1,328
(Loss) earnings before income taxes	$	(66,464	)	$	(8,489	)	$	224

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

Income tax expense consists of the following (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Current:
United States	$	(3,383	)	$	3,565		$	—
State	69			700			(176		)
International	6,990			6,649			6,319
Total current	3,676			10,914			6,143
Deferred:
United States	203,511			13,070			1,509
State	7,890			(1,197		)	(291		)
International	962			(519		)	(1,812		)
Total deferred	212,363			11,354			(594		)
Income tax expense	$	216,039		$	22,268		$	5,549

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The following is a reconciliation of income taxes at the U.S. statutory rate to the provision for income taxes (in thousands):



	2012			2011			2010
Tax at U.S. statutory rate	$	(23,262	)	$	(2,971	)	$	78
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	1,408			(729		)	(467		)
Research and experimentation tax credits	—			(901		)	(1,131		)
U.S. tax on repatriation of earnings	2,676			(131		)	31
Foreign net earnings taxed at other than U.S. statutory rate	10,817			3,613			5,883
Brazil interest on equities deduction	—			(735		)	—
Singapore enhanced research deductions	—			(344		)	—
Tax settlements	—			1,012			(811		)
Change in valuation allowance	203,805			22,527			1,200
Domestic production activities deduction	—			(472		)	(315		)
Stock compensation expense	2,603			431			692
Non-deductible acquisition costs	819			621			—
Goodwill impairment	16,733			—			—
Other items, net	440			347			389
Income tax expense	$	216,039		$	22,268		$	5,549

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

The primary components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):



	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued expenses	$	8,339		$	9,271
Receivables and inventories	10,192			9,789
Deferred income	44,409			49,234
Net operating loss carryforwards	17,493			13,195
Capitalized R&D	35,019			54,047
Tax credit carryforwards	94,885			81,302
Postretirement obligations	46,094			45,989
Other items	5,956			13,238
Total deferred tax assets	262,387			276,065
Valuation allowance	(232,306		)	(28,993		)
Total deferred tax assets	30,081			247,072

Deferred tax liabilities:
Fixed assets	—			(1,189		)
Foreign withholding taxes	(1,451		)	—
Intangibles	(14,765		)	(20,904		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(16,216		)	(22,093		)

Net deferred tax assets	$	13,865		$	224,979

Reported As:
Current deferred tax assets	7,225			84,541
Long-term deferred tax assets	8,514			141,064
Current deferred tax liabilities¹	(62		)	(90		)
Long-term deferred tax liabilities²	(1,812		)	(536		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	13,865		$	224,979

¹ Current deferred tax liabilities are included in accrued expenses on our consolidated balance sheets.

² Long-term deferred tax liabilities are included in other long-term liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets.

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits (in thousands):



	2012		2011			2010
Balance at January 1,	$	24,291	$	24,208		$	27,605
Additions related to positions taken this year	—		164			61
Additions for tax positions of prior years	7		—			—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	—		(48		)	(3,381		)
Reductions for tax positions of prior years lapse of statute	—		(33		)	(77		)
Balance at December 31,	$	24,298	$	24,291		$	24,208

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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