New Accounting Standards

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

New Accounting Standards [Abstract]

New Accounting Standards [Text Block]

New Accounting Standards

On January 1, 2012, FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-08, Testing Goodwill for Impairment ("ASU 2011-08") became effective. This standard gives an entity the option of either performing step 1 of the goodwill impairment test or performing a qualitative assessment to determine whether performing step 1 of the goodwill impairment test is necessary. An entity may choose to perform the qualitative assessment for some or all of its reporting units or an entity may bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit in any period and proceed directly to step 1 of the impairment test. We performed our annual impairment test at the end of the second quarter (see Note 5).