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Dividends Per Share | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Dividends per Share [Abstract] |
Dividends per Share | Quarterly cash dividends for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 totaled $48.4 million and $70.5 million or $0.20 per share in all quarters of 2012 and $0.30 for all quarters of 2013. The board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.345 per share for all classes of common stock to be paid on March 26, 2014 to stockholders of record on March 14, 2014.

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