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New Accounting Pronouncements

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New Accounting Pronouncements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
New Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
New Accounting Pronouncements
13.   NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance amending the presentation of comprehensive income. This amends existing guidance by allowing only two options for presenting the components of net income and other comprehensive income: (1) in a single continuous financial statement, statement of comprehensive income or (2) in two separate but consecutive financial statements, consisting of an income statement followed by a separate statement of other comprehensive income. Also, items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income must be presented on the face of the financial statements. The guidance requires retrospective application, and it is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. In December 2011, the FASB issued another amendment to defer certain requirements from the June 2011 guidance that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. The amendments will allow the FASB time to redeliberate whether to present on the face of the financial statements the effects of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the components of net income and other comprehensive income for all periods presented. The Company adopted the requirements effective for the Company's first quarter 2012. There was no material impact as a result of this. We are in the process of evaluating the disclosure impact of the deferred requirements within this guidance.

 

In September 2011, the FASB amended 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 the Company's fiscal year ending December 29, 2012, with early adoption permitted. The Company has determined that this new guidance will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.