text: **Currency translation.**The Company accounts for currency translation in accor- 
  dance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52, “Foreign Currency 
  Translation”. Balance sheet accounts are translated at the exchange rate in effect at 
  each balance sheet date. Income statement accounts are translated at the average rate 
  of exchange prevailing during the period. Translation adjustments resulting from this 
  process are charged or credited to other comprehensive income (loss). 
  
  **Comprehensive income.**Comprehensive income includes net income and all other 
  non-stockholder changes in equity, or other comprehensive income. Elements of the 
  Company’s other comprehensive income are reported in the accompanying 
  consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity, and the cumulative balance of these 
  elements consisted of the following: 