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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | March 31,
|  |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands except per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company | $ | 4,412 |  | $ | (93)
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  | 413 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders | $ | 3,999 |  | $ | (93)
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  | 38,448 |  |  | 38,026
|  | Basic net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders | $ | 0.10 |  | $ | -
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company | $ | 4,412 |  | $ | (93)
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  | 413 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders | $ | 3,999 |  | $ | (93)
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  | 38,448 |  |  | 38,026
|  | Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock method |  | 812 |  |  | -
|  | Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  | 39,260 |  |  | 38,026
|  | Diluted net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders | $ | 0.10 |  | $ | -
Equity Award Impact Schedule |
|  |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | March 31,
Impact Of Equity Issuances |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Shares excluded as anti-dilutive when reporting a net loss |  |  | - |  |  |  | 935
Shares excluded as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | -
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 10.62 |  |  | $ | -
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 11.78 |  |  | $ | -
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 207
RSUs excluded with service and market conditions as |  |  |  |  |  |  |
market conditions not met |  |  | 185 |  |  |  | 262
RSUs excluded with service and performance conditions as |  |  |  |  |  |  |
performance conditions not met |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | 8
Perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock treated as |  |  |  |  |  |  |
anti-dilutive under the as if method |  |  | 1,916 |  |  |  | -

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