Income taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities Table Text Block

(In thousands)			March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credits available for carryforward		$	12,019	$	8,195
Net operating loss and other carryforward available			1,256,558		1,269,523
Postretirement and pension benefits			49,060		51,742
Deferred loan origination fees			7,538		7,718
Allowance for loan losses			752,318		760,956
Deferred gains			9,004		9,313
Accelerated depreciation			7,760		7,577
Intercompany deferred gains			2,917		3,235
Other temporary differences			33,888		34,443
	Total gross deferred tax assets		2,131,062		2,152,702
Deferred tax liabilities:
Differences between the assigned values and the tax basis of assets and liabilities
	recognized in purchase business combinations		34,101		37,938
Difference in outside basis between financial and tax reporting on sale of a business			381		349
FDIC-assisted transaction			87,439		79,381
Unrealized net gain on trading and available-for-sale securities			13,626		3,822
Deferred loan origination costs			638		554
Other temporary differences			13,329		13,038
	Total gross deferred tax liabilities		149,514		135,082
Valuation allowance			1,239,564		1,257,977
Net deferred tax asset		$	741,984	$	759,643

Summary Of Income Tax Contingencies Text Block

(In millions)		2014		2013
Balance at January 1	$	9.8	$	13.4
Additions for tax positions -January through March		0.3		0.2
Balance at March 31	$	10.1	$	13.6

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Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Table Text Block

		Quarters ended
		March 31, 2014				March 31, 2013
(In thousands)		Amount	% of pre-tax income			Amount	% of pre-tax income
Computed income tax at statutory rates	$	42,772	39	%	$	(53,155)	30	%
Net benefit of net tax exempt interest income		(11,386)	(10)			(7,418)	4
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance		(13,939)	(13)			(3,425)	2
Non-deductible expenses		8,319	7			6,010	(3)
Difference in tax rates due to multiple jurisdictions		(6,991)	(6)			(2,059)	1
Effect of income subject to preferential tax rate		2,278	2			2,137	(1)
Others		2,211	2			1,033	(1)
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	23,264	21	%	$	(56,877)	32	%

		Quarters ended
		March 31, 2014				March 31, 2013
(In thousands)		Amount	% of pre-tax income			Amount	% of pre-tax income
Computed income tax at statutory rates	$	42,772	39	%	$	(53,155)	30	%
Net benefit of net tax exempt interest income		(11,386)	(10)			(7,418)	4
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance		(13,939)	(13)			(3,425)	2
Non-deductible expenses		8,319	7			6,010	(3)
Difference in tax rates due to multiple jurisdictions		(6,991)	(6)			(2,059)	1
Effect of income subject to preferential tax rate		2,278	2			2,137	(1)
Others		2,211	2			1,033	(1)
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	23,264	21	%	$	(56,877)	32	%