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Net Income per Common and Common Equivalent Share Net Income per Common and Common Equivalent Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table shows the amounts used in computing net income per share and the effect on net income and the weighted average number of shares of potentially dilutive common shares outstanding (shares in 000’s):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Net income available to common stockholders after assumed conversions of dilutive securities | $ | 2,350 |  |  | $ | 2,377 |  |  | $ | 2,058 |
Weighted average number of common shares used in basic net income per common share | 438,585 |  |  | 439,455 |  |  | 438,693 |
RSUs | 2,668 |  |  | 3,249 |  |  | 3,771 |
Conversion of convertible notes | 10 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 21 |
Weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential of common stock used in diluted net income per share | 441,263 |  |  | 442,716 |  |  | 442,485 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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