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Note 2. Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block]

2. Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

		March 31, 2012				December 31, 2011				April 2, 2011
Prepaid rent		$	8,014			$	7,745			$	7,914
Prepaid income taxes			282				1,970				2,908
Short-term investments			2,697				2,619				2,834
Other			4,933				5,520				5,472
		$	15,926			$	17,854			$	19,128

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer; the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet; and other deferred costs.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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