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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
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 nine months of the respective years noted:
| 2014 |  | 2013
Expected stock price volatility | 57.5% |  | 69.2%
Expected dividend yield | —% |  | —%
Risk-free interest rate | 1.5% |  | 0.9%
Expected life of options (in years) | 5 years |  | 5 years
Weighted average fair value of options and SSARs granted | $9.03 |  | $11.68
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights Award Activity | The following table summarizes stock options and SSARs outstanding as of September 30, 2014, as well as activity during the nine 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 outstanding at January 1, 2014 | 6,937 |  |  | $ | 14.26 |  |  |  |  |
Options granted | 494 |  |  | 18.09 |  |  |  |  |
Options exercised | (3 | ) |  | 15.27 |  |  |  |  |
Options canceled | (377 | ) |  | 21.08 |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding at September 30, 2014 | 7,051 |  |  | $ | 14.17 |  |  | 4.8 |  |  | $ | 21.5 |
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2014(1) | 6,698 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 20.4 |
Options exercisable at September 30, 2014 | 6,054 |  |  | $ | 13.91 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 20.0 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock Units Award Activity | The following table summarizes incentive share awards outstanding as of September 30, 2014 as well as activity during the nine months then ended.
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Incentive share awards outstanding at January 1, 2014 | 752,595 |  |  |  |  |
Incentive share awards granted | 183,890 |  |  |  |  |
Incentive share awards vested | (290,912 | ) |  |  |  |
Incentive share awards canceled | (19,474 | ) |  |  |  |
Incentive shares outstanding at September 30, 2014 | 626,099 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 8.5 |
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2014(1) | 594,794 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 8.1 |
Restricted Stock Activity [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the restricted stock outstanding as of September 30, 2014 as well as activity during the nine months then ended.
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Restricted stock awards outstanding at January 1, 2014 | 512,085 |  |  | $ | 11.48 |
Restricted stock awards granted | 122,649 |  |  | 17.93 |
Restrictions lapsed | (160,567 | ) |  | 9.64 |
Restricted stock canceled | (11,021 | ) |  | 12.35 |
Restricted stock awards at September 30, 2014 | 463,146 |  |  | $ | 13.80 |

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