MONEY MARKET INVESTMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Money Market Investments [Abstract]

Schedule Of Money Market Investments [Table Text Block]

Money market investments as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:
	2016		2015
(Dollars in thousands)
Time deposits with other financial institutions, weighted-average interest rate 0.95%
(2015- 0.92%)	$	2,800	$	3,000
Other short-term investments, weighted-average interest rate of 0.30%
(2015 - weighted-average interest rate of 0.34%)		7,294		216,473
	$	10,094	$	219,473