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Marketable Securities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Available-for-sale Securities [Abstract] |
Cash equivalents and marketable securities classified as available-for-sale | All cash equivalents and marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale. Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities are summarized as follows:
|  | As of June 30, 2018
(In thousands) |  | Fair Value |  | Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Weighted Rate of Return
Money market funds |  | $ | 11,078 |  |  | $ | 11,078 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 1.75 | %
U.S. Government bonds and notes |  | 68,898 |  |  | 68,897 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.74 | %
Corporate notes, bonds, commercial paper and other |  | 177,594 |  |  | 177,639 |  |  | — |  |  | (45 | ) |  | 1.90 | %
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities |  | 257,570 |  |  | 257,614 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (45 | ) |  |  |
Cash |  | 40,770 |  |  | 40,770 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities |  | $ | 298,340 |  |  | $ | 298,384 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (45 | ) |  |  |
|  | As of December 31, 2017
(In thousands) |  | Fair Value |  | Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Weighted Rate of Return
Money market funds |  | $ | 10,915 |  |  | $ | 10,915 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 1.16 | %
U.S. Government bonds and notes |  | 55,220 |  |  | 55,221 |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 1.12 | %
Corporate notes, bonds, commercial paper and other |  | 195,073 |  |  | 195,204 |  |  | — |  |  | (131 | ) |  | 1.39 | %
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities |  | 261,208 |  |  | 261,340 |  |  | — |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  |
Cash |  | 68,168 |  |  | 68,168 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities |  | $ | 329,376 |  |  | $ | 329,508 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (132 | ) |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities reported at fair value | Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value on the balance sheets and classified as follows:
| As of
| June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| (In thousands)
Cash equivalents | $ | 207,514 |  |  | $ | 157,676 |
Short term marketable securities | 50,056 |  |  | 103,532 |
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities | 257,570 |  |  | 261,208 |
Cash | 40,770 |  |  | 68,168 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities | $ | 298,340 |  |  | $ | 329,376 |
Estimated fair value of cash equivalents and marketable securities classified by the length of time that the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position | The estimated fair value of cash equivalents and marketable securities classified by the length of time that the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are as follows:
| Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Loss
| June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |  | June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| (In thousands)
Less than one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Government bonds and notes | $ | 11,987 |  |  | $ | 42,581 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1 | )
Corporate notes, bonds and commercial paper | 177,594 |  |  | 194,015 |  |  | (45 | ) |  | (131 | )
Total Corporate notes, bonds, and commercial paper and U.S. Government bonds and notes | $ | 189,581 |  |  | $ | 236,596 |  |  | $ | (45 | ) |  | $ | (132 | )

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