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New Accounting Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
New Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract] 
New Accounting Pronouncements

2. New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance related to the presentation of comprehensive income. This standard eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of stockholders' equity. Upon adoption, other comprehensive income must be presented in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. This standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. We will adopt this standard for the interim period ending March 30, 2012. This standard will not have an impact on our financial statements, but will change our disclosure policies for other comprehensive income.

In September 2011, the FASB issued an update to existing guidance on the assessment of goodwill impairment. This update simplifies the annual assessment of goodwill for impairment by allowing companies to consider qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount before performing step one of the two-step review process. It also amends the examples of events or circumstances that would be considered in a goodwill impairment evaluation. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2011, on a prospective basis, with earlier application permitted. We will adopt this standard for the interim period ending March 30, 2012. This standard would not have impacted our goodwill assessment and impairment in the third quarter of 2011. It may impact the way we approach the annual goodwill impairment review in the future.