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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (Dividend authorized, USD $)	1 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2012
Dividend authorized
Dividends:
Quarterly dividend authorized (in dollars per share)	$ 0.19
Stock dividends authorized	$ 0.0107

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

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