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CAPITAL STOCK AND STOCK AWARD PLANS - Summary of Stock Options Grants by Year of Grant (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options Granted, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)	2,678,685
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 12.63
Unvested Options (in shares)	2,392,979
2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options Granted, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)	1,428,531
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 12.66
Unvested Options (in shares)	1,142,825
2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options Granted, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)	1,250,154,000
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 12,600.00
Unvested Options (in shares)	1,250,154,000
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options Granted, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)	3,852,379
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 13.00
Unvested Options (in shares)	2,012,972
Performance Shares | 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options Granted, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)	1,149,441
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 13.15
Unvested Options (in shares)	666,676
Performance Shares | 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options Granted, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)	1,425,529
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 11.83
Unvested Options (in shares)	541,701
Performance Shares | 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options Granted, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)	1,277,409
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 14.17
Unvested Options (in shares)	804,595

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1)(iv)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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