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Compensation Plans and Programs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

COMPENSATION PLANS AND PROGRAMS [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity Instruments Available for Grant [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes changes in the number of equity instruments available for grant under the Company’s stock plan(s) for the current year:

	Available for Grant
Balance at December 31, 2010	3,209
RSUs granted (a)	(156	)
Options expired and RSUs cancelled	441
Balance at December 31, 2011	3,494

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(a) RSUs granted include time-based units, performance-based units, and dividend equivalents.

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

Information with respect to current year stock options activity under the above plans is summarized as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Outstanding Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Balance at December 31, 2010	675			$	13.94
Canceled	—			—
Exercised	(333	)		13.50
Balance at December 31, 2011	342			$	14.37

Schedule of RSU Award Vesting [Table Text Block]

For LTCP cycles that began prior to 2010, RSU awards vested over three years according to the following schedules:

	Year 1			Year 2			Year 3
Time-Based Awards
- Employees below manager level (represents 100% of the total award)	33	%		33	%		34	%
- Managers and technical equivalents (represents 75% of the total award)	25	%		25	%		25	%
- Senior Officers (represents 50% of the total award)	—	%		—	%		50	%
Performance-Based Awards
- Managers and technical equivalents (remaining 25% of the total award)	—	%		—	%		25	%
- Senior officers (remaining 50% of the total award)	—	%		—	%		50	%

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

nformation with respect to current RSU activity is summarized as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Number of Unvested RSUs			Weighted Average Per Share Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at December 31, 2010	976			$	28.76
Granted**	156			42.17
Forfeited	(441	)		27.06
Vested	(193	)		27.29
Balance at December 31, 2011	498			$	35.93

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** The number of RSUs presented as granted in 2011 includes less than 0.1 million performance-based RSUs that may be satisfied with between 0 and less than 0.1 million shares of common stock on January 1, 2012, depending upon the company’s performance against previously established operating measures between the grant and end dates for RSU Cycle 4. This number also includes less than 0.1 million RSUs credited on unvested RSUs as dividend equivalents. Dividend equivalents accrue with respect to unvested RSUs when and as cash dividends are paid on the Company's common stock, and vest if and when the underlying RSUs vest.

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Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year.

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Description of the period of time over which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, which may be expressed in a variety of ways (for example, in years, month and year).

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