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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES

8.INCOME TAXES
The Company’s worldwide effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was 19.3%, compared with 15.2% for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The Company’s worldwide effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was 19.1%, compared with 15.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in the Company’s worldwide effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, as compared with the corresponding periods of 2012, was primarily due to a higher portion of the Company’s pre-tax profits attributable to its U.S. tax jurisdiction as a result of an acquisition completed in the second half of 2012; and (b) a relative shift in offshore services performed in Belarus, where the Company is currently entitled to a 100.0% exemption from Belarusian income tax, to Ukraine, and, to a lesser extent, Russia, both of which have higher income tax rates.