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Shareholders' Equity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]  
Shareholders' Equity
13. Shareholders’ Equity
     On February 21, 2011, our Board of Directors authorized an increase in the payment of quarterly dividends on our common stock from $0.29 per share to $0.32 per share, effective for the first quarter of 2011. On February 22, 2010, our Board of Directors authorized an increase in our quarterly cash dividend from $0.27 per share to $0.29 per share, effective for the first quarter of 2010. Generally, our dividend date-of-record is in the last month of the quarter, and the dividend is paid the following month.
     On February 26, 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $300.0 million of our outstanding common stock over an unspecified time period, and the program commenced in the second quarter of 2008. We repurchased 100,000 shares for $12.2 million and 112,500 shares for $11.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We repurchased 212,500 shares for $26.0 million and 225,000 shares for $23.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. To date, we have repurchased a total of 2,948,100 shares for $278.0 million under this program.