Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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Sep. 30, 2012

Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

6.   Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.  ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

The levels of the fair value hierarchy established by ASC 820 are:

Level 1:  inputs are quoted prices, unadjusted, in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2:  inputs are other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  A Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3:  inputs are unobservable and reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The Company considers the recorded value of certain of its financial assets and liabilities, which consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable, to approximate the fair value of the respective assets and liabilities at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 based upon the short-term nature of the assets and liabilities.

The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value at September 30, 2012:

		Quoted Prices		Significant
		in Active		Other			Significant
		Markets for		Observable			Unobservable
		Identical Assets		Inputs			Inputs
(in thousands)		(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)		Total
Money market fund		$	15,429	$	-		$	-	$	15,429
Certificates of deposit			3,942		-			-		3,942
Foreign exchange contracts			-		507			-		507
	Total assets	$	19,371	$	507		$	-	$	19,878
Foreign exchange contracts		$	-	$	(370	)	$	-	$	(370	)
	Total liabilities	$	-	$	(370	)	$	-	$	(370	)

The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value at December 31, 2011:

		Quoted Prices		Significant
		in Active		Other			Significant
		Markets for		Observable			Unobservable
		Identical Assets		Inputs			Inputs
(in thousands)		(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)		Total
Money market fund		$	8,163	$	-		$	-	$	8,163
Certificates of deposit			5,976		-			-		5,976
Foreign exchange contracts			-		483			-		483
	Total assets	$	14,139	$	483		$	-	$	14,622
Foreign exchange contracts		$	-	$	(314	)	$	-	$	(314	)
	Total liabilities	$	-	$	(314	)	$	-	$	(314	)