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Share-Based Compensation Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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:
Assumptions |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Dividend yield |  | 2.0 | % |  | 1.8 | % |  | 1.8 | %
Expected volatility |  | 19.7 | % |  | 23.3 | % |  | 27.1 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.0 | % |  | 1.3 | % |  | 1.1 | %
Expected holding period (years) |  | 4.0 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  | 4.0 |
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 as included in our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the years ended December 31:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands)
Total pretax employee share-based compensation expense included in net income | $ | 14,056 |  |  | $ | 13,843 |  |  | $ | 13,127 |
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation included in net income | $ | 6,427 |  |  | $ | 5,068 |  |  | $ | 7,368 |
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, 2016: (Shares reported in whole numbers)
| Options |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 | 11,047,920 |  |  | $ | 13.98 |
Granted | 1,863,700 |  |  | $ | 22.28 |
Exercised | (2,108,212 | ) |  | $ | 8.38 |
Canceled | (28,272 | ) |  | $ | 20.98 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2016 | 10,775,136 |  |  | $ | 16.49 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2016 | 6,938,591 |  |  | $ | 13.69 |
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, 2016: (Shares reported in whole numbers)
|  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price |  | Number Outstanding at December 31, 2016 |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  | Number Exercisable at December 31, 2016 |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price
$ 5.00 — 10.00 |  | 2,032,763 |  |  | 1.7 |  | $ | 8.42 |  |  | 2,032,763 |  |  | $ | 8.42 |
$10.01 — 15.00 |  | 1,361,450 |  |  | 3.1 |  | $ | 11.18 |  |  | 1,361,450 |  |  | $ | 11.18 |
$15.01 — 20.00 |  | 3,548,915 |  |  | 4.7 |  | $ | 16.50 |  |  | 2,801,293 |  |  | $ | 16.26 |
$20.01 — 25.00 |  | 3,832,008 |  |  | 6.6 |  | $ | 22.65 |  |  | 743,085 |  |  | $ | 22.97 |
$ 5.00 — 25.00 |  | 10,775,136 |  |  | 4.6 |  | $ | 16.49 |  |  | 6,938,591 |  |  | $ | 13.69 |
Other Information Pertaining to Stock Option Activity [Table Text Block] | Other information pertaining to stock option activity during the years ended December 31 is as follows:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted | $ | 4.01 |  |  | $ | 3.79 |  |  | $ | 3.34 |
Total fair value of stock options vested (in thousands) | $ | 7,690 |  |  | $ | 7,973 |  |  | $ | 6,814 |
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised (in thousands) | $ | 37,284 |  |  | $ | 52,513 |  |  | $ | 42,048 |
Schedule of Nonvested Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | Restricted share award activity was as follows: (Shares reported in whole numbers)
| Restricted Share Awards |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted share awards at December 31, 2015 | 573,739 |  |  | $ | 19.32 |
Granted | 241,510 |  |  | $ | 22.28 |
Vested | (313,247 | ) |  | $ | 18.14 |
Forfeited and other | (1,258 | ) |  | $ | 20.85 |
Nonvested restricted share awards at December 31, 2016 | 500,744 |  |  | $ | 21.48 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock Units Award Activity [Table Text Block] |
| Restricted Share Units |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted share units at December 31, 2015 | — |  |  | $ | — |
Granted | 130,660 |  |  | $ | 25.72 |
Vested | (1,950 | ) |  | $ | 25.72 |
Forfeited and other | (5,200 | ) |  | $ | 25.72 |
Nonvested restricted share units at December 31, 2016 | 123,510 |  |  | $ | 25.72 |

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