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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurement (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurement |
Summary of available-for-sale securities |
|  |  |  | Gross |  | Gross |  | Estimated |
|  |  |  | Unrealized |  | Unrealized |  | Fair |
|  | Cost |  | Gains |  | Losses |  | Value |
|  | (in thousands) |
Equity securities March 31, 2016 |  | $ | 64,462 |  | $ | 30,765 |  | $ | 24,069 |  | $ | 71,158 |
Equity securities September 30, 2015 |  | $ | 64,462 |  | $ | 28,530 |  | $ | 1,509 |  | $ | 91,483 |
Summary of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis | The following table summarizes our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis presented in our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2016:
|  | Total |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate debt securities |  | $ | 18,427 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 18,427 |  | $ | — |
U.S. government and federal agency securities |  | 27,099 |  | 16,661 |  | 10,438 |  | — |
Total short-term investments |  | 45,526 |  | 16,661 |  | 28,865 |  | — |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 898,013 |  | 898,013 |  | — |  |  |
Investments |  | 71,158 |  | 71,158 |  | — |  | — |
Other current assets |  | 28,912 |  | 28,662 |  | 250 |  | — |
Other assets |  | 2,000 |  | 2,000 |  | — |  | — |
Total assets measured at fair value |  | $ | 1,045,609 |  | $ | 1,016,494 |  | $ | 29,115 |  | $ | — |
Summary of supplemental fair value information about long-term fixed-rate debt |
|  | March 31, |  | September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | (in millions) |
Carrying value of long-term fixed-rate debt |  | $ | 532.1 |  | $ | 531.5 |
Fair value of long-term fixed-rate debt |  | $ | 533.2 |  | $ | 553.5 |

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