Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss/Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

6. Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The Company’s comprehensive income is comprised of net income, changes in foreign currency translation adjustments, and changes in retirement liabilities, net of tax. The components of comprehensive income were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010		2011			2010
Net income	$	15,351		$	11,328	$	39,182		$	28,875
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment		(248	)		75		(257	)		(152	)
Change in retirement liabilities, net of tax expense of $151, and $121 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2011, and 2010, respectively; and a tax expense of $454, and $680 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011, and 2010, respectively		237			189		709			1,058
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(11	)		264		452			906
Comprehensive income	$	15,340		$	11,592	$	39,634		$	29,781

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	(717	)	$	(460	)
Retirement plan liabilities, net of tax		(8,891	)		(9,600	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(9,608	)	$	(10,060	)