Interest Expense (Income)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Interest Expense (Income)

19. Interest Expense (Income)

The components of net interest expense are as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Interest expense		$        173,503			$        178,812			$        161,140
Interest income		(11,128	)		(12,718	)		(8,047	)
Interest expense, net		$        162,375			$        166,094			$        153,093

Interest paid was $178.0 million in 2012 ($177.6 million in 2011 and $151.8 million in 2010).