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Financial Instruments (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2014
Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Financial instruments
The following summarizes our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities by significant financial instrument category as of the respective periods:
 
August 31, 2014
($ in thousands)
Amortized Cost
 
Unrealized
Gains
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities(2)
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities(2)
Cash
$
1,295,395

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,295,395

 
$
1,295,395

 
$

 
$

Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
132,508

 

 

 
132,508

 
132,508

 

 

Level 2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax-exempt municipal bonds
106,543

 
155

 
(11
)
 
106,687

 

 
78,443

 
28,244

Corporate bonds
106,575

 
123

 
(52
)
 
106,646

 

 
56,837

 
49,809

Time deposits
50,100

 

 

 
50,100

 
25,041

 
25,059

 

Commercial paper
11,793

 
1

 

 
11,794

 

 
11,794

 

Other
19,155

 
1

 
(1
)
 
19,155

 
4

 
15,339

 
3,812

Level 3:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auction-rate securities
5,946

 

 

 
5,946

 

 

 
5,946

Total
$
1,728,015

 
$
280

 
$
(64
)
 
$
1,728,231

 
$
1,452,948

 
$
187,472

 
$
87,811

 
August 31, 2013
($ in thousands)
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities(2)
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities(2)
 
Total
Carrying
Value
 
Unrealized
Gains
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
Cash
$
874,074

 
$

 
$

 
$
874,074

 
$

 
$

 
$
874,074

Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
732,530

 

 

 
732,530

 

 

 
732,530

Level 2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax-exempt municipal bonds
2,055

 
69,621

 
24,070

 
95,746

 
19

 
(54
)
 
95,711

Certificates of deposit
65,000

 
1,200

 

 
66,200

 

 

 
66,200

Corporate bonds

 
24,503

 
13,925

 
38,428

 
6

 
(40
)
 
38,394

Commercial paper

 
9,828

 

 
9,828

 

 

 
9,828

Other

 
657

 

 
657

 

 

 
657

Level 3:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auction-rate securities

 

 
5,946

 
5,946

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
1,673,659

 
$
105,809

 
$
43,941

 
$
1,823,409

 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) Cash and cash equivalents includes restricted cash and cash equivalents.
(2) As described above, we changed the designation of our marketable securities to available-for-sale as of August 31, 2014 and they are reported at fair value. Our held-to-maturity securities at August 31, 2013 are recorded at amortized cost.