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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Earnings per Common Share |
Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | For the Three Months ended |
|  | March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to World Fuel |  | $ | 46,415 |  | $ | 41,109 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares for basic earnings per common share |  | 70,998 |  | 69,970 |
Effect of dilutive securities |  | 776 |  | 1,012 |
Weighted average common shares for diluted earnings per common share |  | 71,774 |  | 70,982 |
Weighted average anti-dilutive securities which are not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per common share |  | 54 |  | — |
Basic earnings per common share |  | $ | 0.65 |  | $ | 0.59 |
Diluted earnings per common share |  | $ | 0.65 |  | $ | 0.58

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per-share (or per-unit) computations for income from continuing operations, including the effect that has been given to preferred dividends. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (a) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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