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Face amount per share of no-par value preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(28))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details Narrative) - $ / shares	Sep. 18, 2017	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017	Dec. 26, 2016	Feb. 16, 2012	Jan. 28, 2012	Aug. 27, 2007
Rights Agreement [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 35.00
Description of agreement terms	A company generally experiences such an ownership change if the percentage of its stock owned by its “5-percent shareholders,” as defined in Section 382 of the Code, increases by more than 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. The Amended Rights Agreement is intended to reduce the likelihood of an ownership change under Section 382 of the Code by deterring any person or group from acquiring beneficial ownership of 4.9% or more of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock.
Voting Series B Junior Preferred Stock [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 100	$ 100
Voting Series B Junior Preferred Stock [Member] \| Rights Agreement [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)				$ 60.00
Stock Re-Purchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of common shares repurchased					3,600,000		4,000,000
Number of common shares repurchased remaining						90,000