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Note 1 - General
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]
1.    General

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for interim financial information.  We believe such statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows at the dates and for the periods indicated.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) applicable to quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, the accompanying financial statements do not include all disclosures required by GAAP for annual financial statements.  While we believe the disclosures presented are adequate to make the information not misleading, these unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.  Operating results for the periods presented in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the calendar year ending December 31, 2011, or any other interim period.  Our business is somewhat seasonal with slightly higher freight volumes typically experienced during August through early November in our full-load transportation business.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) — Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (ASU 2011-04).  ASU 2011-04 represents the converged guidance of the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board on fair value measurement.  The guidance clarifies certain existing requirements and changes certain principles to achieve convergence between U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  ASU 2011-04 also expands the disclosures for fair value measurements.  ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.

In June 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income (ASU 2011-05).  ASU 2011-05 amends guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income in financial statements to improve the comparability, consistency and transparency of financial reporting and to increase the prominence of items that are recorded in other comprehensive income.  The guidance requires entities to report components of comprehensive income in either a continuous statement of comprehensive income or two separate, but consecutive, statements.  The provisions of this new guidance are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.

We are currently evaluating both updates but don’t expect a significant impact on our financial statements.