Available-For-Sale Securities, Number Of Shares Acquired

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Share Price, Pre-Impairment

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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The amount by which the fair value of an investment is less than the amortized cost basis or carrying amount of that investment at the balance sheet date and the decline in fair value is deemed to be other than temporary, before considering whether or not such amount is recognized in earnings or other comprehensive income.

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The cash outflow to acquire equity securities classified as available-for-sale securities, because they are not classified as trading securities.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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AVAILABLE FOR SALE SECURITIES - INVESTMENT IN HLSS (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 17, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Purchase amount of available-for-sale securities	$ 29,966	$ 0
Available for sale securities - investment in HLSS	26,681			0
Other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities	3,285us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments	0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments
HLSS \| Common stock
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of available-for-sale shares acquired (in shares)			1,600,000
Purchase amount of available-for-sale securities	30,000		30,000
Available for sale securities - investment in HLSS	26,681	0
HLSS \| Available-for-sale Securities \| Common stock
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Pre-impairment price per share (in usd per share)	$ 18.58
Other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities	3,285
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| HLSS \| Common stock
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of available-for-sale shares acquired (in shares)	1,613,125	0
Available for sale securities - investment in HLSS	$ 26,681
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| HLSS \| Available-for-sale Securities \| Common stock
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Price per share (in usd per share)	$ 16.54	$ 0