Accrued Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Components of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (table in thousands):

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Salaries and benefits	$	876,798	$	1,018,289
Product warranties	282,573		277,862
Partner rebates	156,707		187,413
Restructuring, current (See Note 13)	130,281		75,567
Derivatives	41,812		40,279
Other	909,654		922,649
	$	2,397,825	$	2,522,059

Activity in Warranty Accrual for Product Warranty

The following represents the activity in our warranty accrual for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (table in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2013			March 31, 2012
Balance, beginning of the period	$	277,862		$	254,554
Provision	44,628			48,253
Amounts charged to the accrual	(39,917		)	(39,626		)
Balance, end of the period	$	282,573		$	263,181