New Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements

Note 16.  New Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2010-20 and ASU 2011-01

In July 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-20 (“ASU 2010-20”)‚ “Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses.” ASU 2010-20 amends Topic 310, “Receivables,” to provide additional disclosures related to credit risk inherent in an entity’s portfolio of financing receivables. ASU 2010-20 was previously effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2010. However, in January 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-01 (“ASU 2011-01”), “Receivables (Topic 310): Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Troubled Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20,” to delay the effective date to interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2010-20 and ASU 2011-01 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2011-04

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04 (“ASU 2011-04”), “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs.” ASU 2011-04 revises the language used to describe the requirements in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in order to improve consistency in the application and description of fair value between GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). ASU 2011-04 clarifies how the concepts of highest and best use and valuation premise in a fair value measurement are relevant only when measuring the fair value of nonfinancial assets and are not relevant when measuring the fair value of financial assets or liabilities. In addition, the guidance expanded the unobservable input disclosures for Level 3 fair value measurements, requiring that quantitative information be disclosed in relation to (a) the valuation processes used; (b) the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and to interrelationships between those unobservable inputs; and (c) the use of a nonfinancial asset in a way that differs from the asset’s highest and best use. ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early application by public entities is prohibited. The Company does not anticipate that ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2011-05

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05 (“ASU 2011-05”), “Presentation of Comprehensive Income.” The amendments in ASU 2011-05 allow an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, components of net income, and components of other comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. Both options require an entity to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. The amendments in ASU 2011-05 do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or specify when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. ASU 2011-05 should be applied retrospectively. It is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.