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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note 14. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU) that amends the presentation of comprehensive income in the financial statements. This ASU increases the prominence of comprehensive income in financial statements while eliminating the option in U.S. GAAP to present comprehensive income in the statement of changes in equity. Under this ASU, the Company will have the option to present the components of net income and comprehensive income in either one or two consecutive financial statements. This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and requires full retrospective application. Upon adoption, we will be required to reclassify prior-period reported amounts for comprehensive income in accordance with the amended standards.

In September 2011, the FASB issued an accounting update that gives companies the option to make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of goodwill impairment. Companies will be required to perform the two-step impairment test only if it concludes that the fair value of a reporting unit is more likely than not less than its carrying value. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect that adoption of this accounting standard will have a material impact on our financial statements.