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Earnings (Loss) per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

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 six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, are as follows (shares in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Diluted weighted average shares calculation:
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)	366,975			416,507			369,938			418,296
Share-based awards	2,971			4,841			3,466			4,401
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)	369,946			421,348			373,404			422,697

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 six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, because they were anti-dilutive (shares in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Share-based awards	5,042			2,854			5,042			5,066

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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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