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Goodwill Impairment and Other General Expense | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill Impairment and Other General Expense | 6. Goodwill Impairment and Other General Expense In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) accounting standards, we performed a goodwill impairment analysis and determined that $22.5 million of goodwill in our business segment was impaired at December 31, 2011. The noncash impairment was necessitated by the trading price of our stock. We estimated the fair value of the business goodwill reporting unit and each asset category within that unit using traditional present value techniques, relying upon various sources of information for our assumptions, such as historical data, estimated future sales, internal budgets and projections, and judgment about existing brand potential. This noncash impairment charge is reported in other general expense on our consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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