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Share-Based Payments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Employee Stock Option [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Activity [Table Text Block] | The weighted-average fair value of options granted and assumptions used to calculate their fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:
| Three months ended
| March 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2014
Expected dividend yield | 1.0 | % |  | 1.2 | %
Expected stock price volatility | 33.9 | % |  | 40.6 | %
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 1.6 | % |  | 1.6 | %
Expected life of options (years) | 6.1 |  |  | 5.4 |
Weighted average grant date fair value | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 15 |
The following tables summarize the Company’s employee stock option activity and related information:
| Three months ended March 31, 2015
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted-
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate |  | Average
|  |  | Average |  | Intrinsic |  | Remaining
| Options |  | Exercise |  | Value |  | Contractual
| (000) |  | Price |  | (000) |  | Term
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 1,363 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 82 |  |  | 51 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (481 | ) |  | 27 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited | (14 | ) |  | 29 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at March 31, 2015 | 950 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 19,625 |  |  | 3.1
Exercisable at March 31, 2015 | 757 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 18,515 |  |  | 2.3
| Three months ended
| March 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2014
Shared-based compensation for options | $ | 336 |  |  | $ | 314 |
Tax benefit for option compensation | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 120 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for options, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 2,609 |  |  | $ | 2,561 |
Employee Non-vested Shares [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | The following tables summarize the Company’s employee non-vested share activity and related information:
| Three months ended March 31, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Non-vested |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at December 31, 2014 | 190 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  |
Granted | 100 |  |  | 51 |  |  |
Vested | (92 | ) |  | 39 |  |  |
Forfeited | (1 | ) |  | 38 |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at March 31, 2015 | 197 |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 9,017 |
| Three months ended
| March 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2014
Shared-based compensation for non-vested shares | $ | 988 |  |  | $ | 925 |
Tax benefit for non-vested share compensation | $ | 380 |  |  | $ | 352 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 8,398 |  |  | $ | 6,982 |
Key Employee Performance Share Based Plan [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance-Based Units, Vested and Expected to Vest [Table Text Block] | The fair value of the performance shares was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The weighted average assumptions used in the Monte Carlo calculation were as follows:
| Three months ended
| March 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2014
Expected stock price volatility | 23.5 | % |  | 32.5 | %
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 1.0 | % |  | 0.7 | %
The following tables summarize the Company’s employee performance share activity, assuming median share awards, and related information:
| Three months ended March 31, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Performance |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at December 31, 2014 | 74 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  |
Granted | 27 |  |  | 67 |  |  |
Additional shares awarded based on performance | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Vested | (24 | ) |  | 45 |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at March 31, 2015 | 77 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 4,016 |
| Three months ended
| March 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2014
Shared-based compensation for performance shares | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 275 |
Tax benefit for performance share compensation | $ | 116 |  |  | $ | 105 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for performance shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 2,733 |  |  | $ | 2,048 |
Nonemployee Director Nonvested Shares Granted Member |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | The following tables summarize the Company’s non-employee non-vested share activity and related information:
| Three months ended March 31, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Non-vested |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at December 31, 2014 | 15 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Vested | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at March 31, 2015 | 15 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 650 |
| Three months ended
| March 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2014
Shared-based compensation for non-vested shares | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Tax benefit for non-vested share compensation | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 53 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 57 |

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