Cash And Investments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Cash And Investments [Abstract]

Cash And Investments

4.         Cash and Investments

            The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. The U.S. Treasury Bills are recorded at cost which approximates fair value. Effective January 1, 2011, cash in banks is fully FDIC insured.

            Cash and investments consisted of the following at (in thousands):

	September 30,				December 31,
	2011		2010			2010
Cash in banks	$	1,472	$	8,164	$	11,664
Money Market – Wells Fargo		-		14,031		9,039
Money Market – JPMorgan Chase		-		12,018		4,177
U.S. Treasury Bills – cash equivalents		-		7,000		14,000
Cash and cash equivalents		1,472		41,213		38,880
U.S. Treasury Bills – short-term investments		-		15,993		4,999
Cash and investments	$	1,472	$	57,206	$	43,879