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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION |
Schedule of changes in outstanding stock options |
|  | December 31, 2011 |
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|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
|  | (Shares and intrinsic value in thousands) |
Outstanding at January 1, 2011 |  |  | 13,418 |  | $ | 22.06 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 2,563 |  |  | 32.37 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (4,733 | ) |  | 22.03 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (683 | ) |  | 17.66 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expired |  |  | (40 | ) |  | 19.79 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 10,525 |  | $ | 24.88 |  |  | 7.1 |  | $ | 186,474 |
Options exercisable |  |  | 3,871 |  | $ | 23.30 |  |  | 5.2 |  | $ | 74,704 |
Schedule of information about stock options outstanding and exercisable |
|  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable |
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Range of Exercise Prices |  | Outstanding at December 31, 2011 |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  | Exercisable at December 31, 2011 |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |
|  | (Shares in thousands) |
$0.01 to $10.00 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 1.4 |  | $ | 4.46 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 1.4 |  | $ | 4.46 |
$10.01 to $20.00 |  |  | 3,080 |  |  | 6.3 |  |  | 16.54 |  |  | 1,650 |  |  | 5.7 |  |  | 16.31 |
$20.01 to $30.00 |  |  | 3,483 |  |  | 6.6 |  |  | 22.02 |  |  | 1,473 |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | 22.56 |
$30.01 to $40.00 |  |  | 3,156 |  |  | 9.2 |  |  | 32.20 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 33.79 |
$40.01 to $50.00 |  |  | 778 |  |  | 4.1 |  |  | 41.76 |  |  | 701 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 41.80 |
|  |  | 10,525 |  |  | 7.1 |  | $ | 24.88 |  |  | 3,871 |  |  | 5.2 |  | $ | 23.30 |
Schedule of weighted average assumptions used in Black-Scholes option pricing model |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Expected volatility |  |  | 30 | % |  | 30 | % |  | 59 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.3 | % |  | 2.4 | % |  | 2.1 | %
Expected term |  |  | 6.1 years |  |  | 5.6 years |  |  | 4.9 years |
Dividend yield |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |
Schedule of outstanding nonvested RSUs and PSUs |
|  | RSUs |  | PSUs |
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|  | Number of shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Number of shares(a) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
|  | (Shares in thousands) |
Nonvested at January 1, 2011 |  |  | 1,568 |  | $ | 24.78 |  |  | 3,898 |  | $ | 21.52 |
Granted |  |  | 126 |  |  | 35.27 |  |  | 1,332 |  |  | 32.14 |
Vested |  |  | (1,060 | ) |  | 22.79 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited |  |  | (74 | ) |  | 23.91 |  |  | (689 | ) |  | 22.95 |
Nonvested at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 560 |  | $ | 31.06 |  |  | 4,541 |  | $ | 24.41 |
(a) Included in the table are PSUs which cliff vest at the end of two or three years in varying amounts depending upon certain performance conditions. The PSU table above includes these awards at their maximum.

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