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Investments
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Investments [Abstract]  
Investments
2. INVESTMENTS

The following table summarizes investments by security type:

 

     As of December 31, 2011  
     Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Fair Market
Value
 

Available-for-sale securities:

          

Corporate debt securities, short-term

   $ 10,833,991       $ 1,217       $ (6,141   $ 10,829,067   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 10,833,991       $ 1,217       $ (6,141   $ 10,829,067   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Amortization of premiums, accretion of discounts, interest, dividend income and realized gains and losses are included in investment income. There were no realized gains or losses on the Company's investments in the three months ended December 31, 2011. As of December 31, 2010, the Company did not hold any investments.

The Company determines the appropriate designation of investments at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date. All of the Company's investments were designated as available-for-sale debt securities in the three months ended December 31, 2011. As of December 31, 2011, the Company's short-term investments have original maturity dates of greater than 90 days and less than one year. Any long-term investments have original maturity dates of greater than one year. The Company did not hold any long-term investments as of December 31, 2011.

Available-for-sale marketable securities are carried at fair value as determined by quoted market prices for identical or similar assets, with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, and reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity. Management reviews the fair value of the portfolio at least monthly, and evaluates individual securities with fair value below amortized cost as of each balance sheet date. For debt securities, in order to determine whether impairment is other than temporary, management must conclude whether the Company intends to sell the impaired security and whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovering its amortized cost basis. If management intends to sell an impaired debt security or it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the security prior to recovering its amortized cost basis, an other-than-temporary impairment is deemed to have occurred. The amount of an other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss, or securities that management intends to sell before recovery, is recognized in earnings. The amount of an other-than-temporary impairment on debt securities related to other factors is recorded consistent with changes in the fair value of all other available-for-sale securities as a component of stockholders' equity in other comprehensive income (loss). No other-than-temporary impairment charges were recognized in the three months ended December 31, 2011.

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ("ASC 820") defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined under ASC 820 as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under ASC 820 must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. ASC 820 describes a fair value hierarchy based on the following three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable:

 

   

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2—Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and

 

   

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

The carrying amount of cash equivalents, investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current and non-current liabilities are considered representative of their respective fair values because of the short-term nature of those instruments.

The following table represents the fair value hierarchy for the Company's short-term investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2011:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-term investments:

           

Corporate debt securities

   $ —         $ 10,829,067       $ —         $ 10,829,067   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ —         $ 10,829,067       $ —         $ 10,829,067