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Financial Instruments (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2016
Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Financial instruments
The following summarizes our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities by financial instrument category as of the respective period ends:
 
February 29, 2016
($ in thousands)
Amortized
Cost
 
Unrealized
Gains
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities
Cash
$
426,916

 
$

 
$

 
$
426,916

 
$
426,916

 
$

 
$

Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
124,061

 

 

 
124,061

 
124,061

 

 

Level 2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
120,895

 
10

 
(449
)
 
120,456

 

 
96,787

 
23,669

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
89,047

 
113

 
(15
)
 
89,145

 
2,395

 
64,162

 
22,588

Time deposits
50,392

 

 

 
50,392

 
25,154

 
25,238

 

Other
34,872

 
5

 
(16
)
 
34,861

 
1,000

 
28,851

 
5,010

Total
$
846,183

 
$
128

 
$
(480
)
 
$
845,831

 
$
579,526

 
$
215,038

 
$
51,267


 
August 31, 2015
($ in thousands)
Amortized
Cost
 
Unrealized
Gains
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities
Cash
$
564,225

 
$

 
$

 
$
564,225

 
$
564,225

 
$

 
$

Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
107,408

 

 

 
107,408

 
107,408

 

 

Level 2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
137,283

 
16

 
(271
)
 
137,028

 
1,823

 
82,047

 
53,158

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
97,022

 
68

 
(60
)
 
97,030

 
2,408

 
61,530

 
33,092

Time deposits
50,267

 

 

 
50,267

 
25,110

 
25,157

 

Other
36,634

 
10

 
(37
)
 
36,607

 
1,100

 
25,942

 
9,565

Total
$
992,839

 
$
94

 
$
(368
)
 
$
992,565

 
$
702,074

 
$
194,676

 
$
95,815

(1) Cash and cash equivalents includes restricted cash and cash equivalents.