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Earnings per Share | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Weighted Average Shares [Text Block] | 16. Earnings per Share The following table sets forth a reconciliation of the information used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Earnings from continuing operations |  | $ | 196,827 |  |  | $ | 174,791 |
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net |  |  | (764 | ) |  |  | 20,114 |
Net earnings |  | $ | 196,063 |  |  | $ | 194,905 |
Basic earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations |  | $ | 1.07 |  |  | $ | 0.94 |
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 0.11 |
Net earnings |  | $ | 1.07 |  |  | $ | 1.04 |
Weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 183,737 |  |  |  | 186,659 |
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations |  | $ | 1.05 |  |  | $ | 0.92 |
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 0.11 |
Net earnings |  | $ | 1.05 |  |  | $ | 1.03 |
Weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 186,706 |  |  |  | 190,090 |
The following table is a reconciliation of the share amounts used in computing earnings per share:
| Three Months Ended March 31, |
| 2012 |  | 2011 |
Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic | 183,737 |  | 186,659 |
Dilutive effect of assumed exercise of employee stock options, SARs and performance shares | 2,969 |  | 3,431 |
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted | 186,706 |  | 190,090 |
Diluted per share amounts are computed using the weighted-average number of common shares, and if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding the period. Potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and SARs, and vesting of performance shares and restricted shares, as determined using the treasury stock method. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the weighted average number of anti-dilutive potential common shares excluded from the calculation above totaled 2,437 and 1,524, respectively.

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