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Cash and cash equivalents

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2011

Cash and cash equivalents [Abstract]

Cash and cash equivalents


	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(unaudited)
Cash		923		560
Short-term investments		10,348		7,024

		11,271		7,584

All the above mentioned short-term investments are made through the use of low risk fixed income securities, in a way that: those denominated in Brazilian Reais are concentrated in investments indexed to the CDI, and those denominated in US dollars are mainly time deposits, with the original due date less than three months.

- Definition

The entire cash and cash equivalents footnote disclosure, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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