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MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES |
MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES |
NOTE 3 MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES These securities are valued at fair value. Any resulting gain or loss is recorded to an unrealized gain and loss account (accumulated other comprehensive loss) that is reported as a separate line item in the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet. The gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are not reported on the statement of operations until the securities are sold or are other-than-temporarily impaired. During the second quarter of 2012, the Company did not intend to hold these securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value and consequently, the Company deemed most of its securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired and recorded an impairment of $2.0 million in the statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the period. These securities were sold during the third quarter of 2012. Changes in the Company’s holdings of marketable securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and year ended December 31, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Opening Balance |  | $ | 1,480 |  | $ | 4,576 |
Purchases |  | — |  | 284 |
Proceeds from sale |  | (409 | ) | (1,853 | )
Gain on sale |  | — |  | 19 |
Unrealized loss |  | (2 | ) | (1,546 | )
Realized loss |  | (1,063 | ) | — |
Ending Balance |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 1,480 |

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