Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Fair Value Measures

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Fair Value Measures
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Fair Value Measures [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measures

NOTE 12 – FAIR VALUE MEASURES

Certain assets and liabilities are reported at fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Fair value is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants, under a three-tier fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

 

  Level 1 –    observable inputs such as quoted prices in active liquid markets;
  Level 2 –    inputs, other than the quoted market prices in active markets, which are observable, either directly or indirectly; or observable market prices in markets with insufficient volume and/or infrequent transactions; and
  Level 3 –   

unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data available, which require the reporting entity to

develop its own assumptions.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

            

Cash equivalents

            

Money market funds

    $ 57,939       $ —         $ —         $ 57,939   

Available-for-sale short-term investments (1 )

           

Time deposits

      2,423         —           —           2,423   

Other current assets

            

Derivative financial instruments (Note 10)

      —           8,357         —           8,357   

Non-current assets

            

Mutual fund shares

      2,261         —           —           2,261   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total assets measured at fair value

    $ 62,623       $ 8,357       $ —         $ 70,980   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Liabilities:

            

Accrued liabilities

            

Derivative financial instruments (Note 10)

    $ —         $ 2,585       $ —         $ 2,585   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total liabilities measured at fair value

    $ —         $ 2,585       $ —         $ 2,585   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

            

Cash equivalents

            

Money market funds

    $ 177,104       $ —         $ —         $ 177,104   

Time deposits

      7,510         —           —           7,510   

U.S. Government-backed municipal bonds

      —           5,560         —           5,560   

Available-for-sale short-term investments (1 )

           

Short-term municipal bond fund

      15,624         —           —           15,624   

U.S. Government-backed municipal bonds

      —           53,188         —           53,188   

Other current assets

            

Derivative financial instruments (Note 10)

      —           1,166         —           1,166   

Non-current assets

            

Mutual fund shares

      1,670         —           —           1,670   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total assets measured at fair value

    $ 201,908       $ 59,914       $ —         $ 261,822   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Liabilities:

            

Accrued liabilities

            

Derivative financial instruments (Note 10)

    $ —         $ 7,003       $ —         $ 7,003   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total liabilities measured at fair value

    $ —         $ 7,003       $ —         $ 7,003   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

            

Cash equivalents

            

Money market funds

    $ 119,484       $ —         $ —         $ 119,484   

Time deposits

      7,505         —           —           7,505   

U.S. Government-backed municipal bonds

      —           6,238         —           6,238   

Available-for-sale short-term investments (1 )

           

Short-term municipal bond fund

      25,572         —           —           25,572   

U.S. Government-backed municipal bonds

      —           36,785         —           36,785   

Other current assets

            

Derivative financial instruments (Note 10)

      —           832         —           832   

Non-current assets

            

Mutual fund shares

      1,452         —           —           1,452   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total assets measured at fair value

    $ 154,013       $ 43,855       $ —         $ 197,868   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Liabilities:

            

Accrued liabilities

            

Derivative financial instruments (Note 10)

    $ —         $ 3,303       $ —         $ 3,303   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total liabilities measured at fair value

    $ —         $ 3,303       $ —         $ 3,303   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

(1 ) 

Investments have original maturities greater than three months but less than two years and are available for use in current operations.

Level 1 instrument valuations are obtained from real-time quotes for transactions in active exchange markets involving identical assets. Level 2 instrument valuations are obtained from inputs, other than quoted market prices in active markets, that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace and quoted prices in markets with limited volume or infrequent transactions.

There were no assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of September 30, 2011, December 31, 2010, or September 30, 2010.