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Interest and Other Expense (Income), Net
9 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2011
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] 
Interest and Other Expense (Income), Net
Interest and Other Expense (Income), Net
Interest and other expense (income), net, consisted of the following:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
October 2,
2011
 
October 3,
2010
 
October 2,
2011
 
October 3,
2010
 
(In thousands)
Interest income
$
(549
)
 
$
(192
)
 
$
(1,354
)
 
$
(542
)
Interest expense
4,449

 
4,185

 
12,578

 
11,937

Gain on step acquisition
—

 
—

 
—

 
(25,586
)
Other expense, net
16

 
2,687

 
2,719

 
2,340

Total interest and other expense (income), net
$
3,916

 
$
6,680

 
$
13,943

 
$
(11,851
)

The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $25.6 million during the three months ended July 4, 2010 related to the required re-measurement to fair value of its previously held equity interest in a joint venture with the company previously known as MDS, Inc. for the development and manufacturing of its inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry product line and other related tangible assets.