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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  |  | June 30, |  | June 30,
|  |  |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands except per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company |  | $ | 10,834 |  | $ | 6,747 |  | $ | 15,246 |  | $ | 6,654
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  |  | 412 |  |  | - |  |  | 825 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders |  | $ | 10,422 |  | $ | 6,747 |  | $ | 14,421 |  | $ | 6,654
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 38,469 |  |  | 38,074 |  |  | 38,463 |  |  | 38,071
|  | Basic net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders |  | $ | 0.27 |  | $ | 0.18 |  | $ | 0.37 |  | $ | 0.17
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) available to the Company |  | $ | 10,834 |  | $ | 6,747 |  | $ | 15,246 |  | $ | 6,654
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 825 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders |  | $ | 10,834 |  | $ | 6,747 |  | $ | 14,421 |  | $ | 6,654
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 38,469 |  |  | 38,074 |  |  | 38,463 |  |  | 38,071
|  | Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | method |  |  | 738 |  |  | 855 |  |  | 811 |  |  | 956
|  | Preferred stock under the as if converted method |  |  | 1,923 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 41,130 |  |  | 38,929 |  |  | 39,274 |  |  | 39,027
|  | Diluted net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders |  | $ | 0.26 |  | $ | 0.17 |  | $ | 0.37 |  | $ | 0.17
Equity Award Impact Schedule |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30, |  | June 30,
Impact Of Equity Issuances | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Shares excluded as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 13 |  |  | -
| Price range of options: from | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 11.36 |  | $ | -
| Price range of options: to | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 11.78 |  | $ | -
| RSUs with service conditions |  | - |  | - | 7 |  |  | - |  |  | 6
RSUs excluded with service and market conditions as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
market conditions not met |  | 628 |  |  | 165 |  |  | 628 |  |  | 165
RSUs excluded with service and performance conditions as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
performance conditions not met |  | 21 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 8
Perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock treated as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
anti-dilutive under the as if method |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1,923 |  |  | -

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