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Share-Based Payments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Stock Option and Restricted Stock Unit Compensation Expense | Compensation expense, included within other selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations, related to stock options and RSUs is as follows:
|  | For the Three Months Ended |  |  | For the Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | September 30, 2013 |  |  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | September 30, 2013 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Stock option compensation expense |  | $ | 3,448 |  |  | $ | 3,493 |  |  | $ | 7,682 |  |  | $ | 7,711 |
RSU compensation expense |  |  | 8,590 |  |  |  | 16,139 |  |  |  | 28,828 |  |  |  | 39,502 |
|  | $ | 12,038 |  |  | $ | 19,632 |  |  | $ | 36,510 |  |  | $ | 47,213 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of total share-based compensation cost, including the amounts attributable to each share-based compensation award type. + References No definition available. + Details
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