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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The following table sets out the weighted average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the options and SSARs granted using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model in the first six months of the respective years noted:

	2011				2010
Expected stock price volatility	63.9		%		59.5		%
Expected dividend yield	—				—
Risk-free interest rate	2.1		%		2.4		%
Expected life of options	5.16				5.13
Weighted average fair value of options and SSARs granted	$	5.62			$	3.73

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

The following table summarizes stock options and SSARs outstanding as of June 30, 2011 as well as activity during the six month period then ended.

Share amounts in thousands	Options and SSARs			Weighted Average Exercise Price				Weighted Average Contractual Term (in years)			Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Options / SSARs outstanding at January 1, 2011	7,580			$	13.10
SSARs granted	813			10.12
Options / SSARs exercised	(18	)		4.93
Options /SSARs cancelled	(47	)		14.14
Options / SSARs outstanding at June 30, 2011	8,328			$	12.82			6.8			$	12.0
Vested and expected to vest at June 30, 2011	7,912			—				—			$	11.4
Options / SSARs exercisable at June 30, 2011	6,136			$	14.96			—			$	7.5

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

The following table summarizes incentive share awards outstanding as of June 30, 2011 as well as activity during the six months then ended.

	Shares			Weighted Average Contractual Term (in years)			Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Incentive share awards outstanding at January 1, 2011	955,936
Incentive share awards granted	300,816
Incentive share awards vested	(121,500	)
Incentive share awards cancelled	(32,117	)
Incentive share awards outstanding at June 30, 2011	1,103,135			1.50			$	9.0
Vested and expected to vest at June 30, 2011	1,047,978			1.50			$	8.6
Incentive share awards exercisable at June 30, 2011	—			—			—

Restricted Stock Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the restricted stock outstanding as of June 30, 2011 as well as activity during the six months then ended.

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
	Number of Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Restricted stock awards outstanding at January 1, 2011	783,289			$	6.31
Restricted stock awards granted	139,239			10.30
Restrictions lapsing	(171,800	)		15.27
Restricted stock awards at June 30, 2011	750,728			$	5.00

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for stock options and stock appreciation rights that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, exercisable at the end of the year, and the number of stock options and stock appreciation rights that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions.

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