FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations. (SFAS 141(R) replaced SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, originally issued in June 2001.) SFAS 141(R) retains the purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, but requires a number of changes, including changes in the way assets and liabilities are recognized in purchase accounting. It also changes the recognition of assets acquired and liabilities assumed arising from contingencies, requires the capitalization of in-process research and development at fair value, and requires the expensing of acquisition-related costs as incurred. Generally, SFAS 141(R) is effective on a prospective basis for all business combinations completed on or after January 1, 2009. We are currently in the process of evaluating the extent of those potential impacts.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB 51, Consolidated Financial Statements. SFAS 160 provides guidance for the accounting, reporting and disclosure of noncontrolling interests, also called minority interest. A minority interest represents the portion of equity (net assets) in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to a parent. The provisions of SFAS 160 will be adopted in 2009. The provisions of SFAS 160 will impact our current accounting for minority interests, which are not significant, and will impact our accounting for future acquisitions, if any, where we do not acquire 100% of the entity. We are currently in the process of evaluating the extent of those potential impacts.

In December 2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) issued EITF Issue No. 07-1, Accounting for Collaborative Arrangements. EITF 07-1 provides guidance concerning: determining whether an arrangement constitutes a collaborative arrangement within the scope of the Issue; how costs incurred and revenue generated on sales to third parties should be reported in the income statement; how an entity should characterize payments on the income statement; and what participants should disclose in the notes to the financial statements about a collaborative arrangement. The provisions of EITF 07-1 will be adopted in 2009. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting EITF 07-1 on our financial statements.

In June 2007, the EITF issued EITF Issue No. 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services to be Used in Future Research and Development Activities. EITF Issue No. 07-3 provides guidance concerning the accounting for non- refundable advance payments for goods and services that will be used in future R&D activities and requires that they be expensed when the research and development activity has been performed and not at the time of payment. The provisions of EITF Issue No. 07-3 will be adopted in 2008. We do not expect that the adoption of EITF Issue No. 07-3 will have a significant impact on our financial statements.

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