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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  | Year Ended December 31,
|  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  |  | (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income available to the Company - continuing operations |  | $ | 233,013 |  | $ | 38,065 |  | $ | 29,184
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  |  | 2,015 |  |  | 1,901 |  |  | 752
|  | Net income available to common shareholders from |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | continuing operations |  |  | 230,998 |  |  | 36,164 |  |  | 28,432
|  | Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 836 |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders |  | $ | 231,834 |  | $ | 36,164 |  | $ | 28,432
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 51,392,899 |  |  | 38,500,495 |  |  | 38,083,947
|  | Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) from continuing operations per share available to common shareholders - Basic |  | $ | 4.49 |  | $ | 0.94 |  | $ | 0.75
|  | Net income (loss) from discontinued operations per share available to common shareholders - Basic |  |  | 0.02 |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders - Basic |  | $ | 4.51 |  | $ | 0.94 |  | $ | 0.75
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income available to the Company - continuing operations |  | $ | 233,013 |  | $ | 38,065 |  | $ | 29,184
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  |  | 2,015 |  |  | 1,901 |  |  | 752
|  | Net income available to common shareholders from |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | continuing operations |  |  | 230,998 |  |  | 36,164 |  |  | 28,432
|  | Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 836 |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders |  | $ | 231,834 |  | $ | 36,164 |  | $ | 28,432
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 51,392,899 |  |  | 38,500,495 |  |  | 38,083,947
|  | Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock method |  |  | 1,492,257 |  |  | 1,067,567 |  |  | 953,976
|  | Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 52,885,156 |  |  | 39,568,062 |  |  | 39,037,923
|  | Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) from continuing operations per share available to common shareholders - Diluted |  | $ | 4.37 |  | $ | 0.91 |  | $ | 0.73
|  | Net income (loss) from discontinued operations per share available to common shareholders - Diluted |  |  | 0.02 |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders - Diluted |  | $ | 4.38 |  | $ | 0.91 |  | $ | 0.73
Equity Award Impact Schedule |
|  |  | Impact Of Equity Awards |
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (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 |  |  | 548 |  |  | - |  |  | 14 |
| Price range of options excluded: from |  | $ | 11.69 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 11.24 |
| Price range of options excluded: to |  | $ | 13.98 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 11.78 |
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 163 |  |  | - |  |  | 8 |
Excluded RSUs with service and market conditions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| as market conditions not met |  |  | 336 |  |  | 267 |  |  | 165 |
Excluded RSUs with service and performance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| conditions until performance criteria is probable |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 29 |
Excluded preferred stock as anti-dilutive under the as if method |  |  | - |  |  | 1,943 |  |  | 882 |

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