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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Dividends [Abstract] |
Dividends [Text Block] | 11. Dividends Interim dividends declared on Class A common stock and redeemable preferred stock for each quarter of the respective years ended December 31 were as follows:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
First Quarter |  | $ | 0.075 |  | $ | 0.075 |  | $ | 0.075 |
Second Quarter |  |  | 0.075 |  |  | 0.075 |  |  | 0.075 |
Third Quarter |  |  | 0.075 |  |  | 0.075 |  |  | 0.075 |
Fourth Quarter |  |  | 0.075 |  |  | 0.075 |  |  | 0.075 |

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