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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
|  |  |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  |  | (amounts in thousands except per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income available to the Company - continuing operations |  | $ | 36,590 |  | $ | 4,100 |  | $ | 23,981 |  | $ | 1,184
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  |  | - |  |  | 663 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,763
|  | Net income available to common shareholders from |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | continuing operations |  |  | 36,590 |  |  | 3,437 |  |  | 23,981 |  |  | (579)
|  | Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 358 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,530 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders |  | $ | 36,948 |  | $ | 3,437 |  | $ | 25,511 |  | $ | (579)
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 138,740 |  |  | 38,955 |  |  | 138,901 |  |  | 38,948
|  | Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) from continuing operations per share available to common shareholders - Basic |  | $ | 0.26 |  | $ | 0.09 |  | $ | 0.17 |  | $ | (0.01)
|  | Net income (loss) from discontinued operations per share available to common shareholders - Basic |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 0.01 |  | $ | -
|  | Net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders - Basic |  | $ | 0.27 |  | $ | 0.09 |  | $ | 0.18 |  | $ | (0.01)
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income available to the Company - continuing operations |  | $ | 36,590 |  | $ | 4,100 |  | $ | 23,981 |  | $ | 1,184
|  | Preferred stock dividends |  |  | - |  |  | 663 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,763
|  | Net income available to common shareholders from |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | continuing operations |  |  | 36,590 |  |  | 3,437 |  |  | 23,981 |  |  | (579)
|  | Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 358 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,530 |  |  | -
|  | Net income (loss) available to common shareholders |  | $ | 36,948 |  | $ | 3,437 |  | $ | 25,511 |  | $ | (579)
| Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 138,740 |  |  | 38,955 |  |  | 138,901 |  |  | 38,948
|  | Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | method |  |  | 362 |  |  | 773 |  |  | 784 |  |  | -
|  | Preferred stock under the as if converted method |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | -
|  | Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 139,102 |  |  | 39,728 |  |  | 139,685 |  |  | 38,948
|  | Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net income (loss) from continuing operations per share available to common shareholders - Diluted |  | $ | 0.26 |  | $ | 0.09 |  | $ | 0.17 |  | $ | (0.01)
|  | Net income (loss) from discontinued operations per share available to common shareholders - Diluted |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 0.01 |  | $ | -
|  | Net income (loss) per share available |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to common shareholders - Diluted |  | $ | 0.27 |  | $ | 0.09 |  | $ | 0.18 |  | $ | (0.01)
Equity Award Impact Schedule |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
Impact Of Equity Issuances | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Shares excluded as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  | 563 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 565 |  |  | -
| Price range of options: from | $ | 9.66 |  | $ | 11.69 |  | $ | 9.66 |  | $ | -
| Price range of options: to | $ | 13.98 |  | $ | 11.78 |  | $ | 13.98 |  | $ | -
| RSUs with service conditions |  | 1,586 |  |  | 157 |  |  | 1,415 |  |  | 101
RSUs excluded with service and market conditions as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
market conditions not met |  | 226 |  |  | 267 |  |  | 226 |  |  | 267
Perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock treated as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
anti-dilutive under the as if method |  | - |  |  | 2,017 |  |  | - |  |  | 2,017
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive when reporting a net loss |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 974

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