STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs, Share-Based Payments

Schedule of stock-based employee compensation expense

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(in thousands)	2012		2011		2012		2011
Pre-tax expense	$	2,002		1,602	$	5,904		5,423
After tax expense	$	1,271		1,017	$	3,749		3,444

Schedule of stock options activity

	Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2011		704,689		$	1.31	0.99 years
Granted		-			-		N/A
Exercised		(463,214	)		1.34		N/A
Forfeited		-			-		N/A
Expired		-			-		N/A
Outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2012		241,475		$	1.25	0.33 years		$	2,569,000

Schedule of changes in non-vested restricted shares

	Shares			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested shares at December 31, 2011		4,440,831		$	6.62
Granted		1,146,750			11.69
Vested		(980,140	)		5.51
Forfeited		(94,125	)		7.85
Non-vested shares at September 30, 2012		4,513,316		$	8.12