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Earnings (Loss) per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Earnings (Loss) per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares

Reconciliations of the amounts used in the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, are as follows (shares in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Diluted weighted average shares calculation:
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)	462,307			486,420			470,589			486,363
Share-based awards	3,646			2,642			3,542			—
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)	465,953			489,062			474,131			486,363

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

We excluded the following items from diluted earnings (loss) per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, because they were anti-dilutive (shares in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Share-based awards	9,356			12,696			11,677			15,202

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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.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.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.

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Tabular disclosure of the weighted average number of shares used in calculating basic net earnings per share (or unit) and diluted earnings per share (or unit).

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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