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SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 4) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011 trust
Long-Term Debt |
Number of statutory business trusts | 9
Number of statutory business trusts dissolved | 2
Recent accounting standards |
Minimum percentage of likelihood to determine that it is more likely than not | 50.00%
Minimum |
Information on Federal funds purchased |
Federal funds maturity period (in days/months) | 1
Maximum |
Information on Federal funds purchased |
Federal funds maturity period (in days/months) | 6

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