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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]  
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Text Block]
NOTE I - RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC Topic 820-10) – “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements”. This ASU requires some new disclosures in Codification Subtopic 820-10. The FASB’s objective was to improve these disclosures and, thus, increase the transparency in financial reporting.

For assets and liabilities measured at a fair value Level 3 on a recurring basis, the reporting entity must disclose the following information for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following –
 
 
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Total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) and a description of where those gain or losses included in earnings are reported in the Standard of income;
 
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Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements (net); and
 
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Transfers in and / or out of Level 3 (e.g. transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs).
 
Additional disclosures related to the activity in Level 3 assets and liabilities have been considered in this report.

ASU 2010-20, Receivables (Topic 310): Disclosure about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses. The objective of this ASU is for an entity to provide disclosures that facilitate financial statement users’ evaluation of the following:
 
 
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The nature of credit risk inherent in the entity’s portfolio of financing receivables;
 
 
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How that risk is analyzed and assessed in arriving at the allowance for credit losses; and
 
 
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The changes and reasons for those changes in the allowance for credit losses.
 
To achieve these objectives, an entity should provide disclosures on a disaggregated basis on two defined levels: (1) portfolio segment; and (2) class of financing receivable. The ASU makes changes to existing disclosure requirements and includes additional disclosure requirements about financing receivables, including:
 
 
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A roll forward of the allowance for credit losses related to financing receivables from the beginning to the end of the reporting period by portfolio segment;
 
 
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Credit quality indicators of financing receivables at the end of the reporting period by class of financing receivables;
 
 
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The aging of past due financing receivables at the end of the reporting period by class of financing receivables; and
 
For public entities, the disclosures as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company has provided the required interim period disclosures in Note E of this report.

ASU 2011-01, Receivables (Topic 310): Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Troubled Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20.  The amendments in this Update apply to all public-entity creditors that modify financing receivables within the scope of the disclosure requirements about troubled debt restructurings in Update 2010-20.  The delay is intended to allow the Board time to complete its deliberations on what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring. The effective date of the new disclosures about troubled debt restructurings for public entities and the guidance for determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring will then be coordinated.  The new disclosures will be required for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and apply retrospectively to restructurings occurring on or after the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption.  The Company will begin providing these additional disclosures with Q3 2011 reporting.
 
ASU 2011-02, Receivables (Topic 310): A Creditor's Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring.  The amendments in this Update provide additional guidance to assist creditors in determining whether a restructuring of a receivable meets the criteria to be considered a troubled debt restructuring.

In evaluating whether a restructuring constitutes a troubled debt restructuring, a creditor must separately conclude that both of the following exist:
 
1. The restructuring constitutes a concession.
2. The debtor is experiencing financial difficulties.
 
The amendments in this Update are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and should be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual period of adoption.  The appropriate disclosures will be included as specified.

ASU 2011-04 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  The amendments in this Update change 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 Board does not intend for the amendments in this Update to result in a change in the application of the requirements in Topic 820.  The amendments in this Update are to be applied prospectively for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  Management does not anticipate any material changes to their financial reporting related to this Update and will provide disclosures in line with this Update beginning with the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012.

ASU 2011-05:  Comprehensive Income (Topic 220):  Presentation of Comprehensive Income.  The amendments in this Update allow an entity 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.  The amendments in this Update should be applied retrospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 5, 2011.  Management does not anticipate any major changes to their financial reporting related to this Update.

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
From time to time the FASB issues exposure drafts for proposed statements of financial accounting standards. Such exposure drafts are subject to comment from the public, to revisions by the FASB and to final issuance by the FASB as statements of financial accounting standards. Management considers the effect of the proposed statements on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and monitors the status of changes to and proposed effective dates of exposure drafts.