INVESTMENTS: (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Available-for-sale Securities [Table Text Block]

The Company’s investments (short-term and long-term) consist of the following:

	Amortized Cost Basis		Gross Unrealized Losses		Gross Unrealized Gains		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
September 30, 2013
Corporate debt securities	$	1,049	$	(21)	$	8	$	1,036
Mutual funds		2,329		(100)		—		2,229
Total investments	$	3,378	$	(121)	$	8	$	3,265

	Amortized Cost Basis		Gross Unrealized Losses		Gross Unrealized Gains		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2012
Corporate debt securities	$	85	$	—	$	107	$	192
Mutual funds		1,512		(11)		1		1,502
Total investments	$	1,597	$	(11)	$	108	$	1,694

Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s investments with unrealized losses that are not deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:

	Fair Value < 1 Year		Unrealized Losses < 1 Year		Fair Value > 1 Year		Unrealized Losses > 1 Year		Total Unrealized Losses
	(In thousands)
September 30, 2013
Corporate debt securities	$	912	$	(21)	$	—	$	—	$	(21)
Mutual funds		2,228		(100)		—		—		(100)
Total investments	$	3,140	$	(121)	$	—	$	—	$	(121)

	Fair Value < 1 Year		Unrealized Losses < 1 Year		Fair Value > 1 Year		Unrealized Losses > 1 Year		Total Unrealized Losses
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2012
Mutual funds	$	1,235	$	(11)	$	—	$	—	$	(11)
Total investments	$	1,235	$	(11)	$	—	$	—	$	(11)

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities at September 30, 2013, by contractual maturity, are shown below.

	Amortized Cost Basis		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Within 1 year	$	1,031	$	1,016
After 1 year through 5 years		18		20
Total debt securities	$	1,049	$	1,036

Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Table Text Block]

Available-for-sale securities were sold as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2013		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013		Three Months Ended September 30, 2012		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	(In thousands)
Proceeds from sales	$	300	$	1,053	$	719	$	6,286
Gross realized gains		—		—		11		30
Gross realized losses		—		—		—		(98)

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Tabular disclosure of available-for-sale securities which includes, but is not limited to, changes in the cost basis and fair value, fair value and gross unrealized gain (loss), fair values by type of security, contractual maturity and classification, amortized cost basis, contracts to acquire securities to be accounted for as available-for-sale, debt maturities, transfers to trading, change in net unrealized holding gain (loss) net of tax, continuous unrealized loss position fair value, aggregate losses qualitative disclosures, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses or other disclosures related to available for sale securities.

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