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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Abstract]  
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 3 — VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY  

 

The Company’s overall methodology for evaluating transactions and relationships under the variable interest entity (“VIE”)  requirements includes the following: (i) determining whether the entity meets the criteria to qualify as a VIE; and (ii) determining whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE.

 

If the Company identifies a VIE based on the requirements within Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810-10-40 (“ASC 810”), it then performs the second step determine whether it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE by considering the following significant factors and judgments, both of which must be met:

 

•           Whether the Company has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance; and

 

•           Whether the Company has the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

 

The Company examined the facts and circumstances pertaining to WMC to determine if it is the primary beneficiary, by considering whether or not it has the power to direct the most significant activities of the entity. The Company has concluded that as of June 30, 2010, it did not direct the most significant activities at WMC, nor did it have an obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from WMC and, therefore, is not considered the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, the Company deconsolidated WMC as further described in Note 4.

 

The Company will perform an ongoing reassessment of the facts and circumstances pertaining to WMC to determine whether or not the Company may have become the primary beneficiary.