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COMMON STOCK REPURCHASES AND CASH DIVIDENDS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Common Stock Repurchases and Cash Dividends [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the quarterly dividends declared per share of the Company’s common stock for the periods indicated:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
First Quarter | $ | 0.14 |  |  | $ | 0.13 |  |  | $ | 0.12 |
Second Quarter | $ | 0.14 |  |  | $ | 0.13 |  |  | $ | 0.12 |
Third Quarter | $ | 0.14 |  |  | $ | 0.13 |  |  | $ | 0.12 |
Fourth Quarter | $ | 0.14 |  |  | $ | 0.13 |  |  | $ | 0.12 |

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