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RECENT PRONOUNCEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
RECENT PRONOUNCEMENTS [Abstract] 
RECENT PRONOUNCEMENTS
NOTE 10 – RECENT PRONOUNCEMENTS

In January 2010, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (“ASU”) regarding fair value measurements and disclosures.  This ASU revises two disclosure requirements concerning fair value measurements and clarifies two others.  This ASU requires expanded disclosures related to significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurement and the reasons for the transfers, as well as the clarifications of existing disclosures and was effective for interim or annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009.  The new disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements are effective for interim or annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010.  This ASU impacts disclosures only and is included in Note 14 below.  This ASU did not have an impact on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.
In July 2010, the FASB issued a new accounting standard regarding disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses.  This new accounting standard amends existing accounting literature regarding disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses to provide additional information to assist financial statement users in assessing an entity's credit risk exposures and evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for credit losses.  This new accounting standard is effective for fiscal years and interim reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010.  This new accounting standard regarding disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses impacts disclosures only and is included in Notes 2 and 3 above.  The new accounting standard did not have an impact on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.
In April 2011, the FASB issued an ASU regarding a creditor's determination of whether a restructuring should be considered a TDR.  This ASU provides additional guidance related to determining whether a creditor has granted a concession, including factors and examples for creditors to consider in evaluating whether a restructuring results in a delay in payment that is insignificant.  The ASU also prohibits creditors from using the borrower's effective rate test to evaluate whether a concession has been granted to the borrower and adds factors for creditors to use in determining whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulties.  The ASU ends the deferral of activity-based disclosures about TDRs that are part of the new credit-quality disclosure requirements.  The ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2011.  This ASU did not have a material impact on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.
In April 2011, the FASB issued an ASU regarding reconsideration of effective control for repurchase agreements.  This ASU removes from the assessment of effective control (1) the criterion requiring the transferor to have the ability to repurchase or redeem the financial assets on substantially the agreed terms, even in the event of default by the transferee, and (2) the collateral maintenance implementation guidance related to that criterion.  Other criteria applicable to the assessment of effective control are not changed by this ASU.  The ASU is effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after December 15, 2011 and should be applied prospectively to transactions or modifications of existing transactions that occur on or after the effective date.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The new ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the financial position and results of operations of the Company.
In May 2011, the FASB issued an ASU regarding amendments to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).  This ASU provides amendments to ensure that fair value has the same meaning in U.S. GAAP and IFRS and that their respective fair value measurements and disclosure requirements are the same.  The ASU is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and should be applied prospectively.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The Company is currently assessing the impact of this new ASU on the financial position and results of operations of the Company.
In June 2011, the FASB issued an ASU regarding the presentation of comprehensive income.  This ASU amends existing guidance and eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholder's equity.  This ASU requires that comprehensive income be presented in either a single continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements.  This ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011.  The adoption of this ASU is expected to change the manner in which the Company's other comprehensive income is disclosed and will have no impact on the financial position and results of operations of the Company.
In September 2011, the FASB issued an ASU regarding goodwill impairment.  This ASU gives companies the option to perform a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit's fair value is less than its carrying value as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test. This ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  Early adoption is permitted.  The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of this ASU on the financial position and results of operations of the Company.