Investments in Marketable Securities Available-for sale

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Marketable Securities [Text Block]

Note 4.

Investments in Marketable Securities Available-for-Sale

Following is a summary of marketable securities as of December 31, 2013 and 2014:

December 31, 2013

Aggregate

Gross
Unrealized

Aggregate
Market

Cost

Gains

Losses

Value

(in thousands)

Time deposit with original maturities more than three months

771

788

	December 31, 2014
	Aggregate		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized		Aggregate Market
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(in thousands)
Time deposit with original maturities more than three months	$	150		8		-		158
Open-ended bond fund		2,212		7		-		2,219
Total	$	2,362		15		-		2,377

The Company’s portfolio of available for sale marketable securities by contractual maturity or the expected holding period as of December 31, 2013 and 2014 is due in one year or less.

Information on sales of available for sale marketable securities for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 is summarized below.

Period	Proceeds from sales		Gross realized gains		Gross realized losses
			(in thousands)

Year 2012	$	19,612		35		(32)
Year 2013	$	21,792		17		(25)
Year 2014	$	22,021		15		(46)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of marketable securities. This may consist of investments in certain debt and equity securities, short-term investments and other assets.

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