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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]  
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NOTE J - RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-08, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other, to amend FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350, Testing Goodwill for Impairment. The amendments in the Update permit an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in Topic 350. The more-likely-than-not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50 percent. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income, to amend FASB ASC Topic 220, Comprehensive Income. The amendments in this update eliminate the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity and will require them to be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The single statement format would include the traditional income statement and the components and total other comprehensive income as well as total comprehensive income. In the two statement approach, the first statement would be the traditional income statement which would immediately be followed by a separate statement which includes the components of other comprehensive income, total other comprehensive income and total comprehensive income. The amendments in this update are to be applied retrospectively and are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2011. Adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, to amend ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments in this update result in common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in GAAP and IFRS. Some of the amendments clarify the application of existing fair value measurement requirements and others change a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or for disclosing information about fair value measurements. Many of the previous fair value requirements are not changed by this standard. The amendments in this update are to be applied prospectively and are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In April 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-02, A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring is a Troubled Debt Restructuring, to amend ASC Topic 320, Receivables. The amendments in this update clarify the guidance on a creditor’s evaluation of whether it has granted a concession and whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulties. The amendments in this update were 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. This update also indicates that companies should disclose the information regarding troubled debt restructurings required by paragraphs 310-10-50-33 through 50-34, which was deferred by ASU 2011-01, Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Troubled Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20, for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2011. Adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.