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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
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(9)  Income Taxes

Deferred income tax is accounted for using the liability method, which reflects the tax impact of temporary differences between the bases of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and such bases as measured by tax laws and regulations. We provide a deferred tax liability for un-repatriated earnings of our foreign subsidiaries at prevailing statutory rates when required. The deferred tax liability of our foreign subsidiaries at September 30, 2013 was based on the assumption that we will merge certain subsidiaries in our International segment.