2.2.0.7 false RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS 006020 - Disclosure - RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS true false false false 1 USD false false u000 Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 u001 Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 u002 Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] 0 amn_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract amn false na duration No definition available. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string No definition available. false 3 RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS 1 us-gaap_ScheduleOfNewAccountingPronouncementsAndChangesInAccountingPrinciplesTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false label false 1 false false false false 0 0 <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NOTE 2 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In June 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance requiring unvested instruments granted in share-based payment transactions that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents to be accounted for as participating securities subject to the two-class method of computing earnings per share.  All earnings per share data for periods prior to adoption are required to be adjusted retrospectively.  The Company adopted the guidance as of December 1, 2009, and the adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  See Note 7 for a reconciliation of net income allocated to Common Stock using the two-class method.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In December 2008, the FASB issued revised guidance for employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009.  The FASB requires an employer to disclose investment policies and strategies, categories, fair value measurements, and significant concentration of risk among its postretirement benefit plan assets.  The Company will adopt the revised guidance as of November 30, 2010.  Adoption is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In June 2009, the FASB issued guidance to revise the approach to determine when a variable interest entity (“VIE”) should be consolidated.  The new consolidation model for VIE’s considers whether the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and shares in the significant risks and rewards of the entity.  The guidance on VIE’s requires companies to continually reassess VIE’s to determine if consolidation is appropriate and provide additional disclosures.  The Company adopted the guidance as of December 1, 2009, and adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In January 2010, the FASB required new disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim and annual reporting periods.  These new disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements of Level 3 financial instruments, which are effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010.  Adoption is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div> NOTE 2 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTSIn June 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance requiring unvested false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Represents disclosure of any changes in an accounting principle, including a change from one generally accepted accounting principle to another generally accepted accounting principle when there are two or more generally accepted accounting principles that apply or when the accounting principle formerly used is no longer generally accepted. 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