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Fair Value and Interest Rate Risk (Details Textual)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Fair Value and Interest Rate Risk (Textual) [Abstract]
Short-term borrowings	90 days

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Maturing period of borrowings under short term repurchase agreements and other short term borrowings.

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