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Fair Value Measurements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments

The financial instruments of the Company measured at fair value on a recurring basis are cash equivalents and short-term investments.

The Company’s fixed income available-for-sale securities consist of high quality, investment grade securities. The Company values these securities based on pricing from pricing vendors, who may use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable either directly or indirectly (Level 2) in determining fair value.

The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include most money market securities. Such instruments are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

The types of instruments valued based on quoted prices in markets that are less active, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency are generally classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and include most U.S. treasury securities and most investment-grade corporate commercial paper.

The types of instruments valued based on unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions or data that market participants would use in valuing an instrument are generally classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are classified based on the valuation technique in the table below:

 

     March 31, 2014
Fair value measurements using
        
     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets

(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
     Total  
     (In thousands)  

Assets:

           

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 0       $ 56,980       $ 0       $ 56,980   

Money market accounts

     20,525         0         0         20,525   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets at fair value

   $ 20,525       $ 56,980       $         0       $ 77,505   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The above table excludes $3.8 million of cash held in banks.

 

     December 31, 2013
Fair value measurements using
        
     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets

(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
     Total  
     (In thousands)  

Assets:

           

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 0       $ 56,976       $ 0       $ 56,976   

Money market accounts

     10,075         0         0         10,075   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets at fair value

   $ 10,075       $ 56,976       $         0       $ 67,051   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The above table excludes $4.1 million of cash held in banks.

Short-term Investments

 

     March 31, 2014  
     Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Losses
     Fair
Value
 
     (In thousands)  

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 56,969       $ 11       $ 0       $ 56,980   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 56,969       $         11       $         0       $ 56,980   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2013  
     Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Losses
     Fair
Value
 
     (In thousands)  

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 56,966       $         10       $         0       $ 56,976   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 56,966       $ 10       $ 0       $ 56,976   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The contractual maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale securities on March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were all due within one year.