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Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Comprehensive Income Detail [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income Table |
|  | Three months ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30, |  | June 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Comprehensive income available for common stockholders, net of tax |  | $ | 16,639 |  | $ | 6,774 |  | $ | 36,096 |  | $ | 9,589
Earnings per share on comprehensive income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.30 |  | $ | 0.14 |  | $ | 0.65 |  | $ | 0.20
Diluted |  | $ | 0.29 |  | $ | 0.14 |  | $ | 0.64 |  | $ | 0.20
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  |  | 56,079,813 |  |  | 48,929,348 |  |  | 55,375,929 |  |  | 48,218,572
Diluted |  |  | 57,300,230 |  |  | 49,012,567 |  |  | 56,674,666 |  |  | 48,354,098

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss). Includes, but is not limited to, foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated as economic hedges of a net investment in foreign entity, gain (loss) and prior service cost (credit) for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e526-108580 + Details
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