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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Year Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company | $ | 29,184 |  | $ | 26,823 |  | $ | 26,024
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  | 752 |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders | $ | 28,432 |  | $ | 26,823 |  | $ | 26,024
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  | 38,083,647 |  |  | 37,763,353 |  |  | 37,417,807
|  | Basic net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders | $ | 0.75 |  | $ | 0.71 |  | $ | 0.70
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company | $ | 29,184 |  | $ | 26,823 |  | $ | 26,024
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  | 752 |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders | $ | 28,432 |  | $ | 26,823 |  | $ | 26,024
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  | 38,083,647 |  |  | 37,763,353 |  |  | 37,417,807
|  | Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock method |  | 953,976 |  |  | 900,713 |  |  | 883,688
|  | Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  | 39,037,623 |  |  | 38,664,066 |  |  | 38,301,495
|  | Diluted net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders | $ | 0.73 |  | $ | 0.69 |  | $ | 0.68
Equity Award Impact Schedule |
|  |  | Impact Of Equity Awards |
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
dilutive equivalent shares |  | dilutive |  | dilutive |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options excluded |  |  | 14 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 37 |
| Price range of options excluded: from |  | $ | 11.24 |  | $ | 10.11 |  | $ | 10.52 |
| Price range of options excluded: to |  | $ | 11.78 |  | $ | 33.90 |  | $ | 48.21 |
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 8 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |
Excluded RSUs with service and market conditions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| as market conditions not met |  |  | 165 |  |  | 193 |  |  | - |
Excluded RSUs with service and performance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| conditions until performance criteria is probable |  |  | 29 |  |  | 11 |  |  | - |
Excluded preferred stock as anti-dilutive under the as if method |  |  | 882 |  |  | - |  |  | - |

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