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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The Company's effective tax rate from continuing operations for the first half of 2014 was 27.8% compared with 52.7% in the first half of 2013 and 32.8% for the full year 2013 which includes the impact of $16,428 of tax expense related to the April 16, 2013 U.S. Court Decision (see Note 15). Excluding the impact of the U.S. Tax Court Decision, the Company's effective tax rate from continuing operations for full year 2013 was 17.5%. The increase in the first half 2014 effective tax rate from the full year 2013 rate, as adjusted for the U.S. Tax Court Decision, is primarily due to a change in the mix of earnings attributable to higher-taxing jurisdictions or jurisdictions where losses cannot be benefited in 2014, the expiration of certain tax holidays and the increase in the planned repatriation of a portion of current year foreign earnings to the U.S.

The Aerospace and Industrial segments were previously awarded international tax holidays. All of the tax holidays for which the Company currently receives benefit are expected to expire in 2014 through 2016.