Accrued Expenses (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Components of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (table in thousands):

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Salaries and benefits	$	938,841	$	961,587
Product warranties	264,817		254,554
Partner rebates	153,552		167,813
Restructuring, current (See Note 13)	69,578		61,541
Derivatives	29,589		50,963
Other	861,191		858,521
	$	2,317,568	$	2,354,979

Activity in Warranty Accrual for Product Warranty

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

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012			September 30, 2011			September 30, 2012			September 30, 2011
Balance, beginning of the period	$	262,059		$	248,395		$	254,554		$	236,131
Provision	41,303			42,535			129,358			130,775
Amounts charged to the accrual	(38,545		)	(41,955		)	(119,095		)	(117,931		)
Balance, end of the period	$	264,817		$	248,975		$	264,817		$	248,975