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Financial Instruments (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 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:
 
February 28, 2014
($ in thousands)
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities
 
Total
Carrying
Value
 
Unrealized
Gains
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
Cash
$
749,176

 
$

 
$

 
$
749,176

 
$

 
$

 
$
749,176

Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
152,684

 

 

 
152,684

 

 

 
152,684

Level 2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax-exempt municipal bonds
602

 
61,224

 
48,190

 
110,016

 
201

 
(6
)
 
110,211

Commercial paper

 
29,573

 

 
29,573

 
3

 

 
29,576

Corporate bonds
2,397

 
27,657

 
54,857

 
84,911

 
143

 
(16
)
 
85,038

Time deposits
25,010

 
25,013

 

 
50,023

 

 

 
50,023

Other

 
14,776

 
2,716

 
17,492

 
4

 

 
17,496

Level 3:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auction-rate securities

 

 
5,946

 
5,946

 
 
 
 
 


Total
$
929,869

 
$
158,243

 
$
111,709

 
$
1,199,821

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
August 31, 2013
($ in thousands)
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities
 
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

Commercial paper

 
9,828

 

 
9,828

 

 

 
9,828

Corporate bonds

 
24,503

 
13,925

 
38,428

 
6

 
(40
)
 
38,394

Certificates of deposit
65,000

 
1,200

 

 
66,200

 

 

 
66,200

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.