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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

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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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
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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