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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
$ in millions except share and per share amounts |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Net income (loss) |  | $ | 444 |  |  | $ | (213) |  |  | $ | (693) |  |  | $ | (398) |
Basic weighted average shares(1) |  |  | 195,612,615 |  |  |  | 200,529,483 |  |  |  | 198,262,715 |  |  |  | 203,239,935 |
Effect of common stock equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  |  | 734,887 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Diluted weighted average shares |  |  | 196,347,502 |  |  |  | 200,529,483 |  |  |  | 198,262,715 |  |  |  | 203,239,935 |
Net income (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 2.27 |  |  | $ | (1.06) |  |  | $ | (3.50) |  |  | $ | (1.96) |
Diluted |  | $ | 2.26 |  |  | $ | (1.06) |  |  | $ | (3.50) |  |  | $ | (1.96) |
(1) - Includes 5,038,788 and 5,288,205 of unvested restricted stock and units that receive nonforfeitable dividends or dividend equivalents for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Includes 5,085,256 and 5,364,012 of unvested restricted stock and units that receive nonforfeitable dividends or dividend equivalents for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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