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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Nine Months Ended |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  | (amounts in thousands except per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company | $ | 15,096 |  | $ | 15,973 |  | $ | 8,442 |  | $ | 6,473
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  | 339 |  |  | - |  |  | 339 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders | $ | 14,757 |  | $ | 15,973 |  | $ | 8,103 |  | $ | 6,473
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  | 38,074 |  |  | 37,686 |  |  | 38,076 |  |  | 37,693
|  | Basic net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders | $ | 0.39 |  | $ | 0.42 |  | $ | 0.21 |  | $ | 0.17
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company | $ | 15,096 |  | $ | 15,973 |  | $ | 8,442 |  | $ | 6,473
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  | 339 |  |  | - |  |  | 339 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders | $ | 14,757 |  | $ | 15,973 |  | $ | 8,103 |  | $ | 6,473
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  | 38,074 |  |  | 37,686 |  |  | 38,076 |  |  | 37,693
|  | Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock method |  | 933 |  |  | 836 |  |  | 837 |  |  | 789
|  | Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  | 39,007 |  |  | 38,522 |  |  | 38,913 |  |  | 38,482
|  | Diluted net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders | $ | 0.38 |  | $ | 0.41 |  | $ | 0.21 |  | $ | 0.17
Equity Award Impact Schedule |
|  |  | Nine Months Ended |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
Impact Of Equity Awards |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially dilutive equivalent shares |  | dilutive |  |  | dilutive |  | dilutive |  |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 32 |  |  | 23 |  | 30 | 30
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 10.17 |  |  | $ | 8.04 |  | $ | 10.17 |  | $ | 8.04
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 11.78 |  |  | $ | 35.05 |  | $ | 11.78 |  | $ | 35.05
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | - |  |  | 425 |  | - | -
Excluded RSUs with service and market conditions as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
market conditions not met |  |  | 165 |  |  |  | 290 |  |  | 165 |  |  | 290
Excluded RSUs with service and performance conditions as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
performance conditions not met |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 11
Perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock as anti-dilutive |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
under the as if method |  |  | 533 |  |  |  | - |  |  | 1,604 |  |  | -

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