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Earnings (Loss) per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Earnings (Loss) per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares [Table Text Block]

Reconciliations of the amounts used in the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, are as follows (shares in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Diluted weighted average shares calculation:
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)	434,384			462,307			444,486			470,589
Share-based awards	4,109			3,646			4,060			3,542
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)	438,493			465,953			448,546			474,131

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

We excluded the following items from diluted earnings per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, because they were anti-dilutive (shares in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Share-based awards	5,063			9,356			5,062			11,677

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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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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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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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