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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

				Three Months Ended
				March 31,
				2018			2017
				(amounts in thousands except per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share
	Numerator
		Net income available to the Company - continuing operations		$	(14,206)		$	(9,331)
		Preferred stock dividends			-			550
		Net income available to common shareholders from
		continuing operations			(14,206)			(9,881)
		Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax			328			-
		Net income (loss) available to common shareholders		$	(13,878)		$	(9,881)
	Denominator
		Basic weighted average shares outstanding			138,939			38,910
		Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Basic:
		Net income (loss) from continuing operations per share available to common shareholders - Basic		$	(0.10)		$	(0.25)
		Net income (loss) from discontinued operations per share available to common shareholders - Basic			-			-
		Net income (loss) per share available
		to common shareholders - Basic		$	(0.10)		$	(0.25)
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share
	Numerator
		Net income (loss) available to the Company		$	(14,206)		$	(9,331)
		Preferred stock dividends			-			550
		Net income available to common shareholders from
		continuing operations			(14,206)			(9,881)
		Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax			328			-
		Net income (loss) available to common shareholders		$	(13,878)		$	(9,881)
	Denominator
		Basic weighted average shares outstanding			138,939			38,910
		Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock
		method			-			-
		Diluted weighted average shares outstanding			138,939			38,910
		Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Diluted:
		Net income (loss) from continuing operations per share available to common shareholders - Diluted		$	(0.10)		$	(0.25)
		Net income (loss) from discontinued operations per share available to common shareholders - Diluted			-			-
		Net income (loss) per share available
		to common shareholders - Diluted		$	(0.10)		$	(0.25)

Equity Award Impact Schedule

			Three Months Ended
			March 31,
Impact Of Equity Issuances			2018			2017
			(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Shares excluded as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method:
	Options			367			-
	Price range of options: from		$	9.66		$	-
	Price range of options: to		$	13.98		$	-
RSUs excluded with service and market conditions as
market conditions not met				226			267
Perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock treated as
anti-dilutive under the as if method				-			1,953
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive when reporting a net loss				1,313			1,164

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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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