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Investments - Fair Value of Long-Term Available-for-Sale Investments (Detail) - Long-Term Investments [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair value of available-for-sale investments	$ 240,908	$ 157,201
Time Deposits and Certificates of Deposit [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair value of available-for-sale investments		48
Asset-Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair value of available-for-sale investments	134,917	75,674
Corporate Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair value of available-for-sale investments	93,990	64,669
Municipal Bonds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair value of available-for-sale investments	3,422	1,254
U.S. Agency Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair value of available-for-sale investments	$ 8,579	$ 15,556

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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