Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for income taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):

Years ended December 31:	2012			2011			2010
Current:
State	300			69			43
Foreign	1,664			2,029			3,245
Total current	1,964			2,098			3,288
Deferred:
Federal	(3,019		)	(1,813		)	—
State	(614		)	(369		)	—
Foreign	656			(1,107		)	(3,756		)
Total deferred	(2,977		)	(3,289		)	(3,756		)
Total	$	(1,013	)	$	(1,191	)	$	(468	)

Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation

The income tax provision differs from the amount computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate to income before income taxes as follows:

Years ended December 31:	2012		2011		2010
Income tax provision, at statutory federal rate	34	%	34	%	34	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income taxes effect	6		16		217
Credits	5		—		—
Permanent differences	(7	)	(40	)	327
Goodwill impairment	(4	)	—		—
Foreign taxes at rates different than domestic rates	(1	)	5		336
Change in tax rates	—		75		—
Change in valuation allowance	(20	)	(64	)	(1,039	)
Total	13	%	26	%	(125	)%

Components of deferred income taxes

The components of deferred income taxes consist of the following (in thousands):

December 31:	2012			2011
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	275		$	291
Inventory reserve	1,933			1,837
Accrued liabilities	3,094			2,985
Other	6,052			6,691
	11,354			11,804
Valuation allowance	(10,209		)	(10,687		)
Net current deferred income tax assets	1,145			1,117
Net operating losses	89,742			112,199
Tax credits	758			775
Depreciation and amortization	433			(1,985		)
Investments	—			(38		)
Capital loss carry forwards	40,739			41,510
	131,672			152,461
Valuation allowance	(127,961		)	(148,065		)
Net long-term deferred income tax asset	3,711			4,396
Total	$	4,856		$	5,513

Summary of valuation allowance

December 31:	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period		($158.8	)		($136.8	)		($120.7	)
Decrease in Valuation Allowance	20.6			(22.0		)	(16.1		)
Balance at end of period	$	(138.2	)	$	(158.8	)	$	(136.8	)