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New Accounting Standards
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
New Accounting Standards
Note 2.     New Accounting Standards

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (ASU 2011-04), which amends FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurement.  These amendments, effective for the interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011 (early adoption is prohibited), result in common definition of fair value and common requirements for measurement of and disclosure requirements between U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  Consequently, the amendments change some fair value measurement principles and disclosure requirements.  The adoption of ASU 2011-04 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income, which amends FASB ASC 220, Comprehensive Income.  This guidance, effective retrospectively for the interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011 (early adoption is permitted), requires presentation of total 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.  The option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of stockholders’ equity was eliminated.  The items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income were not changed.  Additionally, no changes were made to the calculation and presentation of earnings per share.  The adoption of ASU 2011-05 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment, which amends existing guidance by giving an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (that is, a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If this is the case, companies will need to perform a more detailed two-step goodwill impairment test, which is used to identify potential goodwill impairments and to measure the amount of goodwill impairment losses to be recognized, if any. ASU 2011-08 will be effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 (early adoption is permitted).  The adoption of ASU 2011-08 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.