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Property and Equipment
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Property and Equipment  
Property and Equipment

4.              Property and Equipment

 

During the second quarter of 2012, we recorded a pre-tax charge of $5.0 million to reflect the impairment of certain capitalized software development costs.  This charge is included in general and administrative expenses in the statement of income.  Our ongoing assessment and changes to our enterprise information technology infrastructure and software resulted in the decision to discontinue the usage of certain software.