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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract] 
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
4. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Net Yet Adopted
In December 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated accounting guidance related to the disclosure of supplementary pro forma information for business combinations to specify that if a company presents comparative financial statements, it should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current period, occurred at the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period. This guidance is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is, on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the provisions of this update to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
In May 2011, the FASB issued updated accounting guidance related to amendments to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is not permitted. We are currently evaluating how we will adopt this new guidance and the impact, if any, the adoption will have on our future results of operations and financial condition.
In June 2011, the FASB issued updated accounting guidance related to the presentation of comprehensive income, requiring companies to replace the statement of net income with a statement of comprehensive income. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is not permitted. The adoption of this update will impact the presentation and disclosure of the Company’s financial statements but will not impact the Company’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.
In September 2011, the FASB issued updated accounting guidance related to testing goodwill for impairment. The amendments provide entities with the option of performing a qualitative assessment before performing the first step of the two-step impairment test. If entities determine, on the basis of qualitative factors, it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test would be unnecessary. However, if an entity concludes otherwise, then it is required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test by calculating the fair value of the reporting unit and comparing the fair value with the carrying amount of the reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then the entity is required to perform the second step of the goodwill impairment test to measure the amount of the impairment loss, if any. The amendment also provides entities with the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit in any period and proceed directly to the first step of the two-step impairment test. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, but early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating how we will adopt this new guidance and the impact, if any, the adoption will have on our future results of operations and financial condition.
In September 2011, the FASB issued updated accounting guidance related to compensation retirement benefits for multiemployer plans. The amendments are intended to provide more information about an employer’s financial obligations to multiemployer pension plans and multiemployer other postretirement benefits plans and, therefore, help financial statement users better understand the financial health of all of the significant plans in which the employer participates. This guidance is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2011. The Company will provide increased disclosures related to its participation in multi-employer pension plans upon adoption.