Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of (table in thousands):



	December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
Furniture and fixtures	$	197,429		$	180,800
Equipment and software	5,345,314			4,680,118
Buildings and improvements	1,872,559			1,748,214
Land	120,654			117,513
Building construction in progress	196,891			146,650
	7,732,847			6,873,295
Accumulated depreciation	(4,588,299		)	(4,040,146		)
	$	3,144,548		$	2,833,149

Depreciation expense was $780.3 million, $727.9 million and $595.3 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Building construction in progress at December 31, 2012 includes $74.0 million for facilities not yet placed in service that we are holding for future use.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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