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Comprehensive Income | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Comprehensive Income Detail [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income | 5. Comprehensive Income The following table presents comprehensive income and earnings per share on comprehensive income:
|  | 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 The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 11 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e637-108580 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e681-108580 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e689-108580 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=SL7669619-108580 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e640-108580 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 17 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e716-108580 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e709-108580 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Reclassification Adjustments -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522872 + Details
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