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Share-Based Compensation Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The fair values of our stock options are calculated using the following weighted average assumptions, based on the methods described above for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
Assumptions |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Dividend yield |  | 1.8 | % |  | 1.9 | % |  | 1.8 | %
Expected volatility |  | 27.1 | % |  | 35.2 | % |  | 40.8 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.1 | % |  | 0.7 | % |  | 0.8 | %
Expected holding period (years) |  | 4.0 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  | 5.0 |
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes certain information with respect to stock option and restricted share compensation for 2014, 2013, and 2012, as included in our consolidated statement of operations for those respective periods:
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (In thousands)
Total pretax employee share-based compensation expense included in net income | $ | 13,127 |  |  | $ | 11,925 |  |  | $ | 10,983 |
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation included in net income | $ | 7,368 |  |  | $ | 4,689 |  |  | $ | 4,092 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2014: (Shares reported in whole numbers and not in thousands)
| Options |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2013 | 13,319,750 |  |  | $ | 9.84 |
Granted | 2,495,850 |  |  | $ | 17.41 |
Exercised | (3,642,126 | ) |  | $ | 9.10 |
Forfeited and other | (66,368 | ) |  | $ | 8.52 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 12,107,106 |  |  | $ | 11.63 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2014 | 7,673,557 |  |  | $ | 9.17 |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding and Exercisable [Table Text Block] | Set forth below is certain information related to stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2014: (Shares reported in whole numbers and not in thousands)
|  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable
|  | Number Outstanding at December 31, |  | Weighted- Average Remaining |  | Weighted- Average |  | Number Exercisable at December 31, |  | Weighted- Average
Range of Exercise Price |  | 2014 |  | Contractual Life |  | Exercise Price |  | 2014 |  | Exercise Price
$4.01 — 8.00 |  | 2,784,838 |  |  | 2.6 |  | $ | 6.01 |  |  | 2,784,838 |  |  | $ | 6.01 |
$8.01 — 12.00 |  | 4,871,490 |  |  | 3.8 |  | $ | 10.43 |  |  | 4,228,505 |  |  | $ | 10.32 |
$12.01 — 16.00 |  | 1,996,328 |  |  | 6.0 |  | $ | 15.20 |  |  | 660,214 |  |  | $ | 15.08 |
$16.01 — 20.00 |  | 2,454,450 |  |  | 7.1 |  | $ | 17.41 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
$4.01 — 20.00 |  | 12,107,106 |  |  | 4.6 |  | $ | 11.62 |  |  | 7,673,557 |  |  | $ | 9.17 |
Other Information Pertaining to Stock Option Activity [Table Text Block] | Other information pertaining to option activity during the years ended December 31 is as follows:
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted | $ | 3.34 |  |  | $ | 3.68 |  |  | $ | 3.41 |
Total fair value of stock options vested (in thousands) | $ | 6,814 |  |  | $ | 5,997 |  |  | $ | 5,088 |
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised (in thousands) | $ | 42,048 |  |  | $ | 8,855 |  |  | $ | 20,333 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock Units Award Activity [Table Text Block] | Restricted share activity was as follows: (Shares reported in whole numbers)
| Restricted Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted shares at December 31, 2013 | 1,183,229 |  |  | $ | 11.81 |
Granted | 351,860 |  |  | $ | 17.49 |
Vested | (207,659 | ) |  | $ | 11.26 |
Forfeited and other | (8,170 | ) |  | $ | 14.67 |
Nonvested restricted shares at December 31, 2014 | 1,319,260 |  |  | $ | 13.39 |

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