Recent Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

NOTE 2 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

FASB ASC 820 – In May 2011, the FASB issued an update (ASU No. 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs) impacting FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments in this update will improve the comparability of fair value measurements presented and disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSs"). Among the many areas affected by this update are the concept of highest and best use, the fair value of an instrument included in shareholders' equity and disclosures about fair value measurement, especially disclosures about fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. This update became effective for the Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASC 220 – In June 2011, the FASB issued an update (ASU No. 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income) impacting FASB ASC 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. An entity will have 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. An entity will be required to present on the face of financial statements reclassification adjustments for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income. This update and ASC No. 2011-12, which defers a portion of this guidance, became effective for the Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASC 350 – In September 2011, the FASB issued an update (ASU No. 2011-08, Testing Goodwill for Impairment) impacting FASB ASC 350-20, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. The amendments in this 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 the carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test. The more likely than not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50 percent. If after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, the entity is required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then the entity is required to perform the second step of the goodwill impairment test to measure the amount of the impairment loss. This update is effective for the Company for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASC 360 – In December 2011, the FASB issued an update (ASU No. 2011-10, Derecognition of in Substance Real Estate – a Scope Clarification) impacting FASB ASC 360-20, Property, Plant, and Equipment – Real Estate Sales. Under the amendments in this update, when a parent (reporting entity) ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary that is in substance real estate as a result of default on the subsidiary's nonrecourse debt, the reporting entity should apply the guidance in Subtopic 360-20 to determine whether it should derecognize the in substance real estate. Generally, a reporting entity would not satisfy the requirements to derecognize the in substance real estate before the legal transfer of the real estate to the lender and the extinguishment of the related nonrecourse debt. This update became effective for the Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after June 15, 2012. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASC 210 – In December 2011, the FASB issued an update (ASU No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities) impacting FASB ASC 210-20, Balance Sheet - Offsetting. The amendments in this update require disclosure of both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. The disclosure requirements are irrespective of whether they are offset in the financial statements. This update becomes effective for the Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new guidance on the consolidated financial statements, but it is not expected to have a material impact.

FASB ASC 220 – In December 2011, the FASB issued an update (ASU No. 2011-12, Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05) impacting FASB ASC 220, Comprehensive Income. This update defers the requirement to present items that are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income in both the statement where net income is presented and the statement where other comprehensive income is presented. An entity should continue to report reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income consistent with the presentation requirements in effect before ASU No. 2011-05. This update became effective for the Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.