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Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Fair Value of Short-Term Available-for-Sale and Trading Investments | The fair value of short-term investments with maturities or estimated lives of less than one year consists of the following:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 20,900 |  |  | $ | 64,989 |
Bankers acceptance drafts |  |  | 82 |  |  |  | 491 |
Commercial paper |  |  | — |  |  |  | 53,434 |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 24,020 |  |  |  | 18,351 |
Municipal bonds |  |  | 2,099 |  |  |  | — |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 82,493 |  |  |  | 162,450 |
|  |  | 129,594 |  |  |  | 299,715 |
Trading securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mutual funds (1) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,000 |
|  | $ | 129,594 |  |  | $ | 300,715 |
(1) | The mutual funds are associated with the Company’s supplemental defined contribution retirement obligations.
Fair Value of Long-Term Available-for-Sale Investments | The fair value of long-term available-for-sale investments with maturities or estimated lives of more than one year consists of the following:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 54 |
Asset-backed securities |  |  | 75,674 |  |  |  | — |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 64,669 |  |  |  | — |
Municipal bonds |  |  | 1,254 |  |  |  | — |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 15,556 |  |  |  | 60,351 |
|  | $ | 157,201 |  |  | $ | 60,405 |
Gross Unrealized Gains and (Losses) Aggregated by Investment Category Short-Term and Long-Term Securities | The following table shows the gross unrealized gains and (losses) aggregated by investment category for short-term and long-term available-for-sale investments:
|  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized (Losses) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
As of December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 20,901 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 20,900 |
Bankers acceptance drafts |  |  | 82 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 82 |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 24,029 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | 24,020 |
Municipal bonds |  |  | 2,100 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 2,099 |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 82,488 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | 82,493 |
|  | $ | 129,600 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 129,594 |
Long-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 48 |
Asset-backed securities |  |  | 75,778 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (109 | ) |  |  | 75,674 |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 64,842 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (174 | ) |  |  | 64,669 |
Municipal bonds |  |  | 1,258 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 1,254 |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 15,563 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | 15,556 |
|  | $ | 157,489 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | (296 | ) |  | $ | 157,201 |
|  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized (Losses) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
As of December 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 64,983 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 64,989 |
Bankers acceptance drafts |  |  | 491 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 491 |
Commercial paper |  |  | 53,429 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 53,434 |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 18,360 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | 18,351 |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 162,430 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 162,450 |
|  | $ | 299,693 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | (15 | ) |  | $ | 299,715 |
Long-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 54 |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 60,374 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | (32 | ) |  |  | 60,351 |
|  | $ | 60,428 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | (32 | ) |  | $ | 60,405 |

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