Common Stock

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Disclosure Capital Stock [Abstract]

Schedule of Stock by Class [Table Text Block]

5. Common Stock

We have a share repurchase program under which we may purchase our common shares on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions.  We currently have Board authorization through May 2013 to repurchase up to an aggregate of 2.8 million shares, but not to exceed $100 million.  No shares of common stock were repurchased pursuant to this program during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.  Since the plan’s inception in 2000 a total of 2.1 million shares have been repurchased at a total cost of $83.3 million.