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Treasury Stock
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Treasury Stock [Abstract]  
TREASURY STOCK
NOTE 9 — TREASURY STOCK
     In the last quarter of 2004, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan involving the repurchase of as many as 200,000 shares of its own common stock. The plan’s goal is to optimize the cash generated in the United States, and the repurchase limit was increased by 200,000 shares on October 18, 2006.
     During the first quarter of 2011, the Company repurchased 8,325 shares related to such plan. During the first semester of 2010, the Company did not repurchase any share under the referred stock repurchase plan.
     Up to June 30, 2011, the Company repurchased a total amount of 343,490 shares and the accumulated stock purchases totaled R$2.1 million. Those transactions are accounted for as a reduction of Paid in Capital and an increase in treasury stocks, in the Shareholders’ Equity section of the accompanying balance sheets.