Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

2.  Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Amendments to Presentation of Other Comprehensive Income

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income (“OCI”) as part of the statement of changes in equity and requires companies to report components of comprehensive income in either (1) a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or (2) two separate but consecutive statements. This guidance also requires items reclassified from OCI to net income to be disclosed in both net income and OCI. This guidance is to be applied on a retrospective basis for all annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The Company does not anticipate an impact on the consolidated financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance, other than presentation.

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance on measuring fair value and on disclosing information about fair value measurements. This new guidance provides clarification on the application of certain valuation methods, clarification on measuring the fair value of an instrument classified in an entity’s own equity, new guidance related to measuring the fair value of financial instruments that are managed within a portfolio, and new guidance related to the use of premiums and discounts in a fair value measurement. This guidance also requires additional disclosures to be made for fair value measurements categorized as Level 3. This guidance is to be applied on a prospective basis for all annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company is assessing the impact of this new guidance, but does not anticipate a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Disclosure of Supplementary Pro-Forma Information for Business Combinations

In December 2010, the FASB issued guidance to clarify disclosure requirements for pro-forma information on revenues and earnings for business combinations. This guidance clarifies that where comparative financial statements are presented, revenue and earnings of the combined entity should be disclosed as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current reporting period had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period. This guidance also expands disclosure requirements to include a description of the nature and amount of material, non-recurring pro-forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro-forma revenue and earnings. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance effective January 1, 2011, and there was no impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance.

Goodwill Impairment Testing

In December 2010, the FASB issued amended goodwill impairment testing guidance for reporting units with an overall nil or negative carrying amount, but a positive goodwill balance. This amended guidance requires that for these reporting units, the second stage of goodwill impairment testing should be performed when it is considered more likely than not that goodwill impairment exists. This assessment should be made by considering whether there are any adverse qualitative factors indicating impairment of the goodwill. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance effective January 1, 2011, and there was no impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance.

Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements

In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance related to new disclosures about fair value measurements and clarification on certain existing disclosure requirements. This guidance requires new disclosures on significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 categories of fair value measurements. This guidance also clarifies existing requirements on (i) the level of disaggregation in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities for fair value measurement disclosures, and (ii) disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance on January 1, 2010, except for the new disclosures around the activity in Level 3 categories of fair value measurements, which the Company adopted on January 1, 2011, as required. There was no impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance.

Amendment to Revenue Recognition involving Multiple Deliverable Arrangements

In October 2009, the FASB issued amended revenue recognition guidance for arrangements with multiple deliverables. The new guidance eliminates the residual method of revenue recognition and allows the use of management’s best estimate of selling price for individual elements of an arrangement when vendor specific objective evidence of fair value or third-party evidence is unavailable. This guidance is effective for all new or materially modified arrangements entered into in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance effective January 1, 2011, as required. There was no material impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance.

Amendment to Software Revenue Recognition

In October 2009, the FASB issued guidance which amended the scope of existing software revenue recognition accounting. Tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality would be scoped out of the accounting guidance on software and accounted for based on other appropriate revenue recognition guidance. This guidance is effective for all new or materially modified arrangements entered into in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance effective January 1, 2011, as required. There was no material impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance.