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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

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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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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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



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