FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 02, 2013

Schedule of the valuation of the Company's financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis by input level

	As of March 2, 2013
(in millions)	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Long term - available-for-sale securities:
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	49.0	$	49.0
Long term - trading securities:
Nonqualified deferred compensation plan assets	28.3		—		28.3
Total	$	28.3	$	49.0	$	77.3

	As of February 25, 2012
(in millions)	Quoted Prices (Level 1)		Significant (Level 3)		Total
Short term - available-for-sale securities:
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	6.5	$	6.5
Long term - available-for-sale securities:
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	73.7	$	73.7
Long term - trading securities:
Nonqualified deferred compensation plan assets	22.1		—		22.1
Total	$	22.1	$	80.2	$	102.3

Schedule of the changes in the Company's financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)

(in millions)	Auction Rate Securities
Balance on February 25, 2012, net of temporary valuation adjustment	$	80.2
Change in temporary valuation adjustment included in accumulated other comprehensive loss	1.6
Realized loss included in earnings (1)	(1.1		)
Redemptions	(31.7		)
Balance on March 2, 2013, net of temporary valuation adjustment	$	49.0

(1) None of the losses for the period that are included in earnings relate to assets still held on March 2, 2013.

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Tabular disclosure of assets, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of assets using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss), and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs), by class of asset.

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