Net Income Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Net Income Per Share Available to Common Stockholders [Text Block]

3.      Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of Net Income (Loss) Per Share for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands, except per share data).  For the three-month period ending September 30, 2010, the same number of shares was used in the calculation of both basic and diluted earnings per share as a result of the net loss during the period.

			Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
			September 30,				September 30,
			2011		2010		2011		2010
Numerator for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share -
	Net Income (Loss)	$	540,878	$	(70,906)	$	970,425	$	106,981
Denominator for Basic Earnings Per Share -
	Weighted Average Shares		266,053		251,015		261,664		250,719
Potential Dilutive Common Shares -
	Stock Options/SARs		1,479		-		1,759		2,059
	Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units		1,760		-		1,822		1,666
Denominator for Diluted Earnings Per Share -
	Adjusted Diluted Weighted Average Shares		269,292		251,015		265,245		254,444
Net Income (Loss) Per Share
	Basic	$	2.03	$	(0.28)	$	3.71	$	0.43
	Diluted	$	2.01	$	(0.28)	$	3.66	$	0.42

The diluted earnings per share calculation excludes stock options, SARs and restricted stock and restricted stock units that were anti-dilutive.  The excluded stock options and SARs totaled 0.6 million and 7.9 million shares for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and 0.4 million and 0.3 million shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  For the three months ended September 30, 2010, 4.1 million shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units were excluded.