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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012 | Jun. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |  |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
| Three Months Ended
| June 30, 2012 |  | June 30, 2011
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Loss |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net Income
| Net Loss |  | Shares |  | Per Share |  | Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | $ | (3,207) |  | 36,685,635 |  | $ | (0.09) |  | $ | 48,734 |  | 36,352,750 |  | $ | 1.34
Impact of equity awards |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,388,839 |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | $ | (3,207) |  | 36,685,635 |  | $ | (0.09) |  | $ | 48,734 |  | 37,741,589 |  | $ | 1.29
| Six Months Ended
| June 30, 2012 |  | June 30, 2011
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Loss |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net Income
| Net Loss |  | Shares |  | Per Share |  | Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | $ | (4,256) |  | 36,668,347 |  | $ | (0.12) |  | $ | 49,755 |  | 36,337,899 |  | $ | 1.37
Impact of equity awards |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,616,697 |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | $ | (4,256) |  | 36,668,347 |  | $ | (0.12) |  | $ | 49,755 |  | 37,954,596 |  | $ | 1.31
Equity Award Impact Schedule [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | June 30,
Impact Of Equity Awards |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  | (amounts in thousands,
|  |  | except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially dilutive equivalent shares: |  | anti-dilutive |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive when reporting a net loss |  | 913 |  |  | -
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 54
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 5.56 |  |  | $ | 9.39
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 1,218 |  |  |  | 1,053
| RSUs with service and market conditions |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 1,418 |  |  |  | 1,253
|  |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  | June 30,
Impact Of Equity Awards |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011
|  |  | (amounts in thousands,
|  |  | except per share amounts)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially dilutive equivalent shares |  | anti-dilutive |  |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive when reporting a net loss |  | 1,025 |  |  | -
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 54
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 6.36 |  |  | $ | 10.22
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 1,081 |  |  |  | 672
| RSUs with service and market conditions as market conditions not met |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 1,281 |  |  |  | 872

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