SUBSEQUENT EVENT (Details) - Jul. 17, 2015 - CastleLine, LLC - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	Total
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 37.1
Cash paid at acquisition	12.3
Additional consideration	10.5
Value of common stock paid at acquisition	$ 14.3
Number of shares exchanged for acquisition	495

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Number of shares exchanged for acquisition

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Value of common stock paid at acquisition

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 805

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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