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INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 24, 2012
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes our investments in available-for-sale securities:
|  | June 24, 2012 |  | December 25, 2011
|  | Amortized |  | Fair |  | Amortized |  | Fair
|  | Cost |  | Value |  | Cost |  | Value
|  | (In thousands)
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income securities |  | $ | 50 |  | $ | 51 |  | $ | — |  | $ | —
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income securities |  | $ | 151 |  | $ | 156 |  | $ | 152 |  | $ | 157
Long-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income securities |  | $ | 400 |  | $ | 474 |  | $ | 367 |  | $ | 438
Other |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 59 |  |  | 59
Schedule Of Available For Sale Fixed Income Securities Maturities [Table Text Block] | Maturities for the Company’s investments in fixed income securities as of June24,2012were as follows:
| Amount |  | Percent
| (In thousands)
Matures in less than one year | $ | 207 |  | 30 | %
Matures between one and two years |  | 54 |  | 8 | %
Matures between two and five years |  | 228 |  | 34 | %
Matures in excess of five years |  | 192 |  | 28 | %
| $ | 681 |  | 100 | %

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