New Accounting Standards

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

New Accounting Standards

New Accounting Standards

16.          New Accounting Standards

During the first quarter of 2012, we adopted amended guidance intended to converge fair value measurement and disclosure requirements for GAAP and international financial reporting standards (“IFRS”).  The amended guidance clarifies how certain fair value measurement principles should be applied and requires enhanced fair value disclosures.  The adoption of this new guidance resulted in additional fair value disclosures (see Note 14), but did not impact our financial statement results.

During the first quarter of 2012, we also adopted amended guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income.  As a result of the amended guidance, we have changed our format for presenting comprehensive income.  Previously, components of comprehensive income were presented within changes of equity.  Due to the amended guidance, we now present comprehensive income in a new financial statement titled “Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income”.  The adoption of this guidance changed our format for presenting comprehensive income, but did not impact our financial statement results.