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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2011
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
9.    Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
 
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2010-06, which is an update to Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures”. This update establishes further disclosure requirements regarding transfers in and out of levels 1 and 2 (effective for all interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009) and activity in level 3 fair value measurements (effective for all interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010). The update also provides clarification as to the level of disaggregation for each class of assets and liabilities, requires disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques, and also includes conforming amendments to the guidance on employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets.  The adoption of this standard has not and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operation.
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05 which provides new guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income.  ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity and instead requires an entity 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 or in two separate but consecutive statements.   This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted.  The adoption of this ASU will not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operation as it only requires a change in the format of the current presentation.
 
In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-8 which amends the guidance on the annual testing of goodwill for impairment. The amended guidance will allow companies to assess qualitative factors to determine if it is more-likely-than-not that goodwill might be impaired and whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test required under current accounting standards. This guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.