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Cash Dividends
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Cash Dividends [Abstract] 
Cash Dividends
12. Cash Dividends
On August 17, 2011 the Company’s Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.11 per share. The cash dividend was paid on September 23, 2011 to each stockholder of record on September 9, 2011. Cash dividends aggregated $47 million and $140 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and $42 million and $126 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. The declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will be dependent upon the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the Company’s Board of Directors.