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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earning Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are calculated as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations |  |  |
Numerator: |  |  |
Net income from continuing operations | $ | 47,149 |  |  | $ | 66,004 |
Net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | (4,034 | ) |  | (7,652 | )
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Albemarle Corporation | $ | 43,115 |  |  | $ | 58,352 |
Denominator: |  |  |
Weighted-average common shares for basic earnings per share(a) | 108,130 |  |  | 79,735 |
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations | $ | 0.40 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations |  |  |
Numerator: |  |  |
Net income from continuing operations | $ | 47,149 |  |  | $ | 66,004 |
Net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | (4,034 | ) |  | (7,652 | )
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Albemarle Corporation | $ | 43,115 |  |  | $ | 58,352 |
Denominator: |  |  |
Weighted-average common shares for basic earnings per share(a) | 108,130 |  |  | 79,735 |
Incremental shares under stock compensation plans | 334 |  |  | 377 |
Weighted-average common shares for diluted earnings per share(a) | 108,464 |  |  | 80,112 |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations | $ | 0.40 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |
(a) | 2015 includes the impact of 34,113 shares issued in connection with the Rockwood acquisition.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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