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New Accounting Standards
9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2011
New Accounting Standards [Abstract]  
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
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NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
   
In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income”, which allows an entity the option to present components of net income and other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The guidance eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. The new guidance does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and will not have an impact on the Company’s financial position or earnings.
   
In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-08, “Testing Goodwill for Impairment”, which allows an entity to use a qualitative approach to test goodwill for impairment. The new guidance permits an entity to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If it is concluded that this is the case, it is necessary to perform the currently prescribed two-step goodwill impairment test. Otherwise, the two-step goodwill impairment test is not required. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 and earlier adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance; however management does not believe it will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or earnings.