Benefits Plans (Details) (Employee Stock Option [Member])
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2010
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Dec. 31, 2009
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Employee Stock Option [Member]
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Fair value of options granted to employees | |||
Risk-free interest rate | 1.10% | 1.70% | 2.50% |
Expected life of options - years | 5.27 | 5.28 | 4.68 |
Expected stock price volatility | 68.00% | 85.00% | 88.00% |
Expected dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
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- Definition
The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The period of time an equity-based award is expected to be outstanding. An equity-based award's expected term is generally determined based on, among other factors, the instrument's contractual term and the effects of employees' expected exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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