Accrued Expenses (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Components of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (table in thousands):

	June 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Salaries and benefits	$	886,315	$	961,587
Product warranties	262,059		254,554
Partner rebates	158,182		167,813
Restructuring, current (See Note 13)	68,561		61,541
Derivatives	76,337		50,963
Other	869,200		858,521
	$	2,320,654	$	2,354,979

Activity in Warranty Accrual for Product Warranty

The following represents the activity in our warranty accrual for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (table in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2012			June 30, 2011			June 30, 2012			June 30, 2011
Balance, beginning of the period	$	263,181		$	243,634		$	254,554		$	236,131
Provision	39,802			42,415			88,055			88,240
Amounts charged to the accrual	(40,924		)	(37,654		)	(80,550		)	(75,976		)
Balance, end of the period	$	262,059		$	248,395		$	262,059		$	248,395