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Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards [Abstract]  
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Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Pronouncements
The following issued accounting pronouncement is not yet effective for the Company as of March 31, 2012.
Comprehensive Income
In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) amended its guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This amendment eliminates the currently available option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. Under this amendment, an entity will have the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In addition, this amendment requires that an entity present on the face of the financial statements reclassification adjustments for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income in the statement(s) where the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income are presented. In December 2011, the FASB further amended its guidance to defer changes related to the presentation of reclassification adjustments indefinitely as a result of concerns raised that the new presentation requirements would be difficult for preparers and add unnecessary complexity to financial statements. The amendment (other than the portion regarding the presentation of reclassification adjustments which, as noted above, has been deferred indefinitely) becomes effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 and is to be applied retrospectively. This amendment will impact the presentation of the financial statements but will not impact the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Impact of Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
During the first six months of fiscal 2012, the Company adopted the following accounting standards, which did not have a material effect on its consolidated results of operations during such period or its financial condition at the end of such period:
Fair Value Measurement
In May 2011, the FASB amended its guidance to converge fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). IFRS is a comprehensive series of accounting standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board.  The amendment changes 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.  For many of the requirements, the FASB does not intend for the amendment to result in a change in the application of the requirements in the current authoritative guidance.
Business Combinations
In December 2010, the FASB amended its guidance on business combinations. Under the amended guidance, a public entity that presents comparative financial statements must disclose the revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the prior annual reporting period.
Intangibles – Goodwill and Other
In December 2010, the FASB amended its guidance on goodwill and other intangible assets. The amendment modifies Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For those reporting units, an entity is required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if there are qualitative factors indicating that it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. The qualitative factors are consistent with the existing guidance which requires the goodwill of a reporting unit to be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount.