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Earnings per Share | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Earnings per Share | Earnings per Share The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share are presented below:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amounts attributable to common stockholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income from continuing operations | $ | 76,677 |  |  | $ | 87,946 |  |  | $ | 222,115 |  |  | $ | 309,569 |
Income (loss) from discontinued operations | (82,204 | ) |  | (11,413 | ) |  | (169,369 | ) |  | 25,257 |
Net income - Pitney Bowes Inc. (numerator for diluted EPS) | (5,527 | ) |  | 76,533 |  |  | 52,746 |  |  | 334,826 |
Less: Preference stock dividend | (12 | ) |  | (12 | ) |  | (35 | ) |  | (38 | )
Income attributable to common stockholders (numerator for basic EPS) | $ | (5,539 | ) |  | $ | 76,521 |  |  | $ | 52,711 |  |  | $ | 334,788 |
Denominator (in thousands): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average shares used in basic EPS | 201,827 |  |  | 200,593 |  |  | 201,490 |  |  | 200,266 |
Effect of dilutive shares: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Preference stock | 376 |  |  | 399 |  |  | 386 |  |  | 399 |
Stock plans | 935 |  |  | 608 |  |  | 712 |  |  | 458 |
Weighted-average shares used in diluted EPS | 203,140 |  |  | 201,602 |  |  | 202,590 |  |  | 201,125 |
Basic earnings per share (1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | $ | 0.38 |  |  | $ | 0.44 |  |  | $ | 1.10 |  |  | $ | 1.55 |
Discontinued operations | (0.41 | ) |  | (0.06 | ) |  | (0.84 | ) |  | 0.13 |
Net income | $ | (0.03 | ) |  | $ | 0.38 |  |  | $ | 0.26 |  |  | $ | 1.67 |
Diluted earnings per share (1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | $ | 0.38 |  |  | $ | 0.44 |  |  | $ | 1.10 |  |  | $ | 1.54 |
Discontinued operations | (0.40 | ) |  | (0.06 | ) |  | (0.84 | ) |  | 0.13 |
Net income | $ | (0.03 | ) |  | $ | 0.38 |  |  | $ | 0.26 |  |  | $ | 1.66 |
Anti-dilutive shares not used in calculating diluted weighted-average shares (in thousands): | 12,503 |  |  | 13,607 |  |  | 12,886 |  |  | 14,391 |
(1) The sum of earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.

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