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Note 5 - Short-term bank deposits | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
SHORT-TERM BANK DEPOSITS |
SHORT-TERM BANK DEPOSITS | 5. SHORT-TERM BANK DEPOSITS
|  | As of December 31
|  | 2010 |  | 2011
Unrestricted short-term bank deposits |  | $ - |  | $ 2,529
Restricted short-term bank deposits |  | 17,422 |  | 12,024
|  | $ 17,422 |  | $ 14,553
Short-term bank deposits are deposits with maturities of more than three months but less than one year. Restricted short-term bank deposits represent the amounts of cash pledged by two subsidiaries in Thailand to secure credit facilities granted by financial institutions. These bank deposits bear interest rates ranging from 0.06% to 1.98% and 0.3% to 3.7% per annum as of December 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively.

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