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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate on the income (loss) before taxes was 58.3 percent and 18.4 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase is mainly due to the mix of income, discrete tax expense on prior year cash repatriation
and the 2013 rate benefit of 2012 and 2013 tax credits recorded in the first quarter of 2013 due to the retroactive reinstatement of the Federal Research and Development Tax Credit and the Look-Thru Rule for Related Controlled Foreign Corporations of Section 954(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Due to the expiration of these and other tax provisions at December 31, 2013, the tax benefits are not available for 2014, further impacting the effective tax rate.