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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Schedule of changes in outstanding stock options

		December 31, 2011
		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
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,
		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
		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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