Marketable Securities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Marketable Securities [Abstract]

MARKETABLE SECURITIES

2. MARKETABLE SECURITIES

We apply the provisions of the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic to our financial assets recorded at fair value, which consists of available-for-sale marketable securities. Level 1 inputs, the highest priority, are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets are used by us to estimate the fair value of our available-for-sale marketable securities.

The historical cost and estimated fair value of the available-for-sale marketable securities held by us are as follows:

	As of June 30, 2011								As of December 31, 2010
							Fair								Fair
	Historical		Gross Unrealized				Market		Historical		Gross Unrealized				Market
(In thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value		Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(Unaudited)
Equity securities	$	1,793	$	241	$	—	$	2,034	$	1,800	$	148	$	—	$	1,948

There were no sales of marketable equity securities, or other than temporary impairments recorded, during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 or 2010.