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Net Income Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2011

Notes to financial statements [Abstract]

Reconciliation of numerators and denominators of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share computations

	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	October 30, 2011				October 31, 2010				October 30, 2011				October 31, 2010
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Net Income	$	178,273			$	84,862			$	465,065			$	81,495
Denominator:
Denominator for basic net loss per share, weighted average shares	607,063				577,323				600,563				572,420
Effect of dilutive securities:
Equity awards outstanding	6,497				5,325				14,125				12,080
Denominator for diluted net income per share, weighted average shares	613,560				582,648				614,688				584,500
Net Income per share:
Basic net Income per share	$	0.29			$	0.15			$	0.77			$	0.14
Diluted net Income per share	$	0.29			$	0.15			$	0.76			$	0.14

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the weighted average number of shares used in calculating basic net earnings per share (or unit) and diluted earnings per share (or unit).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Topic 260

-SubTopic 10

-Publisher FASB

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-Article

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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