New MacBook Air - Battery "show time" won't appear

I have a new macbook air with lion.  It won't allow me to show the "time remaining" in the battery on the menu bar... it only shows if i click the battery icon instead of always being present.  In my old macbook air with lion (late 2010 model) it always showed the time remaining on the top menu bar without clicking anything.
anyone else have this issue or know of a fix.  Apple... I'm hoping this is fixed in Mountain Lion!  thx.

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Air running Lion 10.7.4.
I can see the remaining time:

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