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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
10.          RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
 
In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB”) issued new accounting guidance related to convergence between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).  The new guidance 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 to ensure consistency between U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  The new guidance also expands the disclosures for fair value measurements that are estimated using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs.  The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. We do not expect adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our fair value measurements, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In June 2011, FASB issued new accounting guidance related to the presentation of comprehensive income. The new guidance will require the presentation of components of net income and other comprehensive income either as one continuous statement or as two consecutive statements and eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. There is no change to the items that we must report in other comprehensive income or when we must reclassify an item of other comprehensive income to net income.  The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Because the guidance impacts presentation only, it will have no effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2011, FASB issued new accounting guidance which allows an entity to make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of goodwill impairment. An entity will be required to perform the two-step impairment test only if it concludes, based on a qualitative assessment, the fair value of a reporting unit is more likely than not to be less than its carrying value. The guidance 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 adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.