Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Movement in Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (Detail) (Redeemable Noncontrolling Shareholder's Interest [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Redeemable Noncontrolling Shareholder's Interest [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	$ 0
Transfer into Level 3 - Redeemable noncontrolling shareholder interest	(152,250)
Adjustment for CCT valuation amount	(956)
Sale of interest in subsidiary	153,206
Ending Balance	$ 0

Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation recurring basis sale of interest in subsidiary.

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- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258

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- Definition

Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into (out of) level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

+ References

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