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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-term Investments [Abstract]  
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments
Cash and cash equivalents include cash balances and all highly liquid instruments with initial maturities of three months or less.  Short-term investments consist of money market funds. The estimated fair value of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments approximates their carrying values.
At March 31, 2018, Cash and cash equivalents and Short-term investments were $715 million compared to $1,285 million at December 31, 2017, a decrease of $570 million. Of the total balances, $102 million and $96 million was restricted as to its use at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Included within the March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 balances, respectively, was £42.7 million ($60.8 million at March 31, 2018 exchange rates and $57.1 million at December 31, 2017 exchange rates) of operating funds required to be held by the Company in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, a U.K.-based regulator, which were included in Short-term investments.