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3 - RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Organization, Consolidation, Basis of Presentation, Business Description and Accounting Policies [Text Block]
3 – RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements”, that requires new fair value disclosures pertaining to significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and the reasons for the transfers and activity.  For Level 3 fair value measurements, purchases, sales, issuances and settlements must be reported on a gross basis.  Further, additional disclosures are required by class of assets or liabilities, as well as inputs used to measure fair value and valuation techniques.  ASU No. 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 (the first quarter of our fiscal year 2010), except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 (our fiscal year 2011).  The adoption of this ASU did not result in a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05 “Presentation of Comprehensive Income”, that updates the presentation such that an entity has the option 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 of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements.  ASU No. 2011-05 is effective for public entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011 (the first quarter of our fiscal year 2012).  Further, in December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12 that effectively defers the changes in ASU No. 2011-05 related to the presentation of reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income.  We updated our presentation of comprehensive income in accordance with this ASU.  The adoption of this ASU did not result in a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-11 “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”, the objective of which is to provide additional disclosures on the effect or potential effect of rights of setoff associated with an entity’s recognized assets and recognized liabilities within the scope of the update.  The update primarily impacts financial instruments and derivatives subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement.  ASU No. 2011-11 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013 (the first quarter of our fiscal year 2013).  We are currently evaluating the disclosures required under this ASU.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future financial statements.