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Stock Option Plans and Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Stock Option Plans and Share-Based Compensation [Abstract]

PSU % eligible vesting vs Total Shareholder Return - Second year [Table Text Block]

The following table shows the percent of PSUs granted in 2012 eligible for further time-based vesting based on our percentile placement:

Percentile Placement of Our Total Shareholder Return	% of PSUs Eligible for Time- Based Vesting
Below the 35th percentile	—%
At least the 35th percentile, but below the 50th percentile	50%
At least the 50th percentile	100%

Schedule of Stock Options Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

A summary of aggregate option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is presented below:

Options:		Number of Shares			Weighted- Average Exercise Price
		(in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2012		4,470			$	14.06
Granted		204			$	17.06
Exercised		(470	)		$	10.67
Forfeited		(12	)		$	14.26
Expired		(23	)		$	22.44
Outstanding at March 31, 2013		4,169			$	14.54
Exercisable at March 31, 2013		2,971			$	14.44

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

A summary of activity of both restricted stock and RSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is presented below:

	Restricted Stock							Restricted Stock Units
				Weighted -							Weighted -
	Number of Shares			Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share				Number of Shares			Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
	(in thousands)							(in thousands)
Non-vested, December 31, 2012	58			$	14.19			389			$	14.09
Granted	3			$	14.87			94			$	17.45
Vested	—			$	—			(15	)		$	12.79
Forfeited	—			$	—			(19	)		$	13.84
Non-vested, March 31, 2013	61.00			$	14.23			449			$	14.84

PSU % eligible vesting vs total Shareholder Return placement - First year [Table Text Block]

A summary of activity of the PSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is presented below:

Performance-based Stock Units	Number of Units			Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Unit
	(in thousands)
Non-vested, December 31, 2012	175			$	11.00
Granted	138			$	17.40
Vested	(16	)		$	15.66
Forfeited	(16	)		$	—
Non-vested, March 31, 2013	281			$	14.48

The following table shows the percent of PSUs granted in 2011 and eligible for further time-based vesting based on our percentile placement:

Percentile Placement of Our Total Shareholder Return		% of PSUs Eligible for Time- Based Vesting
Below the 35th percentile		—%
At least the 35th percentile, but below the 50th percentile		50%
At least the 50th percentile, but below the 65th percentile		100%
At least the 65th percentile, but below the 75th percentile (1)		110% to 119%
At or above the 75th percentile		120%

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(1) The actual percentage of PSUs eligible for further time-based vesting is based on straight-line interpolation, where, for example, if the ranking is the 70th percentile, then the vesting percentage is 115%.

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]

The impact on our results for share-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows (in thousands):

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PSU % eligible vesting - First year [Table Text Block] - For first year (2011) of PSU grants, provides the % of PSUs eligible for time-based vesting as of function of the percentile placement of Total Shareholder Return in that year against the Index

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Tabular disclosure of the allocation of equity-based compensation costs to a given line item on the balance sheet and income statement for the period. This may include the reporting line for the costs and the amount capitalized and expensed.

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