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Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Share (Warrants) (Details) - shares | Mar. 31, 2018 | Jan. 17, 2014 | Jan. 16, 2014
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Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of warrants exercised (in warrants) | 0 |  |
Common Stock |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Shares of East West's common stock into which the warrant may be converted (in shares) |  | 230,282 |
MetroCorp | MetroCorp |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Shares of East West's common stock into which the warrant may be converted (in shares) |  |  | 771,429

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- Definition Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 + Details
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