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Fair Value of Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2011

Notes to financial statements [Abstract]

Financial assets measured at Fair Value

	Fair value measurement at reporting date using
					Quoted Prices  in Active Markets for Identical Assets				Significant Other Observable Inputs
	October 30, 2011				(Level 1)				(Level 2)
	(In thousands)
Debt securities issued by United States government agencies (1)	$	608,632			$	—			$	608,632
Debt securities issued by United States Treasury (2)	431,747				—				431,747
Corporate debt securities (3)	1,107,747				—				1,107,747
Mortgage-backed securities issued by government-sponsored entities (4)	146,163				—				146,163
Money market funds (5)	36,296				36,296				—
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	2,330,585			$	36,296			$	2,294,289

(1) Includes $23.5 million in Cash Equivalents and $585.1 million in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Includes $23.7 million in Cash Equivalents and $408.1 million in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(3)   Includes $65.6 million in Cash Equivalents and $1,042.2 million in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(4) Included in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(5) Included in Cash Equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.    

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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 157

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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