Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Note 7 — Income Taxes The income tax provisions for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $21.2 million and $66.9 million, respectively. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2014 was 27.7%. The 2014 and 2013 third quarter included a $1.7 million and $1.8 million, respectively, benefit from favorable tax return to provision adjustments and the release of reserves for uncertain tax provisions. The income tax provisions for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were $18.7 million and $57.2 million, respectively. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2013 was 27.9%. The nine-month period in 2013 also benefitted from the extension of the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Research & Development tax credits enacted in January 2013. The full retroactive benefit from 2012 was taken in the first quarter of 2013 for a benefit of $0.6 million. Excluding these discrete benefits, our effective tax rate for the first nine months 2014 and 2013 was 30.8% and 30.2%, respectively.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Note 7 — Income Taxes

The income tax provisions for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $21.2 million and $66.9 million, respectively. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2014 was 27.7%. The 2014 and 2013 third quarter included a $1.7 million and $1.8 million, respectively, benefit from favorable tax return to provision adjustments and the release of reserves for uncertain tax provisions. The income tax provisions for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were $18.7 million and $57.2 million, respectively. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2013 was 27.9%. The nine-month period in 2013 also benefitted from the extension of the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Research & Development tax credits enacted in January 2013. The full retroactive benefit from 2012 was taken in the first quarter of 2013 for a benefit of $0.6 million. Excluding these discrete benefits, our effective tax rate for the first nine months 2014 and 2013 was 30.8% and 30.2%, respectively.