Cash and Cash Equivalents, Including Restricted Cash

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Cash And Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Including Restricted Cash

4. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, INCLUDING RESTRICTED CASH

As discussed in Note 2, we deposit our cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, with high credit quality institutions to minimize credit risk exposure. The following table provides details of our cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash balances ($ in thousands):


Asset Category	Depository	Credit Rating⁽¹⁾	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Cash and cash equivalents	Bank of America	A-1	$	10,283	$	15,423
Restricted cash	Bank of America	A-1		76,396		14,246

			$	86,679	$	29,669

(1)	Represents the short-term credit rating for the Bank of America, N.A. legal entity as issued by Standard & Poor’s as of August 22, 2013.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, 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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