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Earnings (Loss) per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Earnings (Loss) per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

We excluded the following items from diluted loss per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, because they were anti-dilutive (shares in thousands):

	2012			2011
Share-based awards	15,650			14,696

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would increase EPS amounts or decrease loss per share amounts for the period presented, by antidilutive securities.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 128

-Paragraph 40

-Subparagraph c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

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-Section 50

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