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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
INCOME TAXES [Abstract] |
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block] | Following is a reconciliation of the total amounts of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for the period from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012:
|  | 2011 |  | 2012
Balance at January 1 |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 73 |
Increases (decreases) in unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties as a result of tax positions made during the prior period |  | 55 |  |  | — |
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties as a result of tax positions taken during the current period |  | — |  |  | (73 | )
Balance at December 31 |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | — |
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2012, the Company had various net operating loss carryforwards expiring as follows:
Expiration |  | Federal* |  | State |  | Foreign
2021-2032 |  | $ | 13,596 |  |  | $ | 21,163 |  |  | $ | — |
Unlimited |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,872 |
Total |  | $ | 13,596 |  |  | $ | 21,163 |  |  | $ | 1,872 |
* The utilization of a portion of these net operating loss carryforwards is limited to a total of approximately $259 per year due to limits on utilizing the acquired net operating loss carryforwards under Internal Revenue Service regulations following a change in control.
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block] |
(a) | Composition of loss from continuing operations before income taxes is as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012
Domestic |  | $ | (7,445 | ) |  | $ | (7,053 | ) |  | $ | (20,167 | )
Foreign |  | 335 |  |  | (515 | ) |  | (524 | )
|  | $ | (7,110 | ) |  | $ | (7,568 | ) |  | $ | (20,691 | )
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] | Income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | 1,800 |  |  | $ | (1,802 | )
State and local |  | (3 | ) |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Foreign |  | 461 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 676 |
|  | 648 |  |  | 1,890 |  |  | (1,124 | )
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | — |  |  | (14,571 | ) |  | (1,434 | )
State and local |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign |  | 23 |  |  | (86 | ) |  | (398 | )
|  | 23 |  |  | (14,657 | ) |  | (1,832 | )
Total income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | 671 |  |  | $ | (12,767 | ) |  | $ | (2,956 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | Set forth below is reconciliation between the federal tax rate and the Company’s effective income tax rates with respect to continuing operations:
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012
Statutory Federal rates |  | 34 | % |  | 34 | % |  | 34 | %
Increase (decrease) in income tax rate resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax on foreign activities |  | (5 | ) |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Other, net (primarily permanent differences) |  | (3 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | )
Valuation allowance |  | (35 | ) |  | 135 |  |  | (21 | )
Effective income tax rates |  | (9 | )% |  | 169 | % |  | 14 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
(c) | Analysis of Deferred Tax Assets and (Liabilities)
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2012
Deferred tax assets consist of the following: |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee benefits and deferred compensation |  | $ | 1,600 |  |  | $ | 1,386 |
Investments and asset impairments |  | 63 |  |  | — |
Other temporary differences |  | 391 |  |  | 750 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | 2,624 |  |  | 6,972 |
|  | 4,678 |  |  | 9,108 |
Valuation allowance |  | (3,843 | ) |  | (8,413 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  | 835 |  |  | 695 |
Deferred tax liabilities consist of the following: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue recognition timing differences |  | (539 | ) |  | — |
Installment sale on CoaLogix transaction |  | $ | (1,434 | ) |  | $ | — |
Net deferred assets (liabilities), net |  | $ | (1,138 | ) |  | $ | 695 |

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