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9. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Available-For-Sale Securities
Cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities consisted of the following (in thousands):
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March 31,
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December 31,
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2012
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2011
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Checking account
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$
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376
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$
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686
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Money market funds
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16,157
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11,947
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U. S. treasury bills
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—
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3,002
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Government-sponsored enterprise securities
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120,475
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144,599
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Corporate bonds and commercial paper
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86,292
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87,406
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$
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223,300
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$
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247,640
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Reported as:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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22,033
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$
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18,633
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Available-for-sale securities
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201,267
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229,007
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$
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223,300
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$
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247,640
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Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities include the following securities with unrealized gains and losses (in thousands):
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Gross
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Gross
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Amortized
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Unrealized
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Unrealized
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March 31, 2012
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Cost
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Gains
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Losses
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Fair Value
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Government-sponsored enterprise securities
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$
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120,467
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$
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21
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$
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(13
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)
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$
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120,475
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Corporate bonds and commercial paper
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86,275
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36
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(19
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)
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86,292
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Total
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$
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206,742
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$
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57
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$
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(32
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)
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$
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206,767
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Gross
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Gross
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Amortized
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Unrealized
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Unrealized
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December 31, 2011
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Cost
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Gains
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Losses
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Fair Value
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U. S. treasury bills
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$
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3,001
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$
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1
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$
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—
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$
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3,002
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Government-sponsored enterprise securities
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144,602
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27
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(30
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)
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144,599
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Corporate bonds and commercial paper
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87,398
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48
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(40
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)
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87,406
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Total
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$
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235,001
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$
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76
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$
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(70
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)
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$
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235,007
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As of March 31, 2012, the contractual maturities of our cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities were (in thousands):
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Years to Maturity
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After One Year
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Within One
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Through
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Year
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Two Years
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Government-sponsored enterprise securities
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$
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68,570
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$
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51,905
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Corporate bonds and commercial paper
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78,329
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7,963
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$
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146,899
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$
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59,868
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As of March 31, 2012, our cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities had a weighted average time to maturity of 279 days. We view our available-for-sale portfolio as available for use in current operations. Accordingly, we have classified certain investments as available-for-sale securities on our balance sheet even though the stated maturity date of these securities may be more than one year from the current balance sheet date. We have the ability to hold all investments as of March 31, 2012 to maturity. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had no investments that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than twelve months. Given the short duration of our investment portfolio, we believe that the downgrade in 2011 by S&P in the credit rating for the U.S. long-term sovereign debt did not materially affect the value of our investments. As of March 31, 2012, a total of 23 individual securities had been in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or less and the losses were determined to be temporary.
The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses of our investments in individual securities that are in an unrealized loss position, aggregated by investment category (in thousands):
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Unrealized
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March 31, 2012
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Fair Value
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Losses
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Government-sponsored enterprise securities
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$
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36,210
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$
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(13
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)
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Corporate bonds and commercial paper
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19,178
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(19
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)
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Total
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$
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55,388
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$
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(32
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)
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