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Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
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Jun. 30, 2011
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards  
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
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Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
 
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2010-06, "Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements", which amends Subtopic 820-10 with new disclosure requirements and clarification of existing disclosure requirements. Reporting entities must make new disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair-value measurements including significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair-value measurements. The ASU also provides additional guidance related to the level of disaggregation in determining classes of assets and liabilities and disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. ASU 2010-06 was effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2010 except for Level 3 reconciliation disclosures which were effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2011. The adoption of the Level 3 reconciliation disclosures did not have a material impact on our disclosures or our consolidated financial statements.
 
In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17, "Revenue Recognition  - Milestone Method (Topic 605): Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition". This ASU provides guidance on defining a milestone and determining when it may be appropriate to apply the milestone method of revenue recognition. Consideration that is contingent on achievement of a milestone in its entirety may be recognized as revenue in the period in which the milestone is achieved only if the milestone is judged to meet certain criteria to be considered substantive. The updated guidance was effective on a prospective basis for the Company beginning January 1, 2011. The adoption of these provisions did not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
 
In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-28, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350)", which amends Subtopic 350-20 with modifications to Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for those reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts so that an entity is required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not, based on an assessment of qualitative indicators, that a goodwill impairment exists. ASU 2010-28 was effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2011. Adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
 
In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No.  2010-29, "Business Combinations (Topic 805)" which requires public entities that present comparative financial statements to disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred at the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments also expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures under Topic 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. These amendments were effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2011. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
 
New Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted
 
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS", which updated the guidance in ASC Topic 820. The amendments in this ASU result in common principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The amendments change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements to ensure that U.S. GAAP and IFRS fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are described in the same way. The ASU also provides for certain changes in current GAAP disclosure requirements, for example with respect to the measurement of level 3 assets and for measuring the fair value of an instrument classified in a reporting entity's shareholders' equity. The amendments in this Update are to be applied prospectively. For public entities, the amendments are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and early application is not permitted. This guidance will become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2012 and is not anticipated to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.