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Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Investments Debt And Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Short-Term and Long-Term Investments Available-for-Sale and Cost Method Investments | The fair value of investments classified as short-term consists of the following:
|  | September 30, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 14,552 |  |  | $ | 9,757 |
Bankers’ acceptance drafts |  |  | 2,107 |  |  |  | 5,330 |
Asset-backed securities |  |  | 38,947 |  |  |  | 36,990 |
Commercial paper |  |  | 32,057 |  |  |  | 13,750 |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 71,971 |  |  |  | 77,821 |
Municipal bonds |  |  | 1,288 |  |  |  | 1,970 |
U.S. treasury obligations |  |  | 28,208 |  |  |  | 28,078 |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 30,646 |  |  |  | 35,738 |
|  | $ | 219,776 |  |  | $ | 209,434 |
Investments classified as long-term consist of the following:
|  | September 30, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Group insurance contracts |  | $ | 6,004 |  |  | $ | 6,255 |
Cost method investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minority interest in a private company |  |  | 4,400 |  |  |  | 4,400 |
|  | $ | 10,404 |  |  | $ | 10,655 |
Gross Unrealized Gains and (Losses) Aggregated by Investment Category | The following tables show the gross unrealized gains and (losses) aggregated by investment category for available-for-sale investments:
As of September 30, 2018: |  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized (Losses) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 14,552 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 14,552 |
Bankers’ acceptance drafts |  |  | 2,107 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,107 |
Asset-backed securities |  |  | 38,961 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | (25 | ) |  |  | 38,947 |
Commercial paper |  |  | 32,238 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (181 | ) |  |  | 32,057 |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 71,931 |  |  |  | 59 |  |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  | 71,971 |
Municipal bonds |  |  | 1,290 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 1,288 |
U.S. treasury obligations |  |  | 28,200 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 28,208 |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 30,649 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | 30,646 |
|  | $ | 219,928 |  |  | $ | 84 |  |  | $ | (236 | ) |  | $ | 219,776 |
As of September 30, 2018: |  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized (Losses) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
Long-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Group insurance contracts |  | $ | 6,010 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 6,004 |
As of December 31, 2017: |  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized (Losses) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and certificates of deposit |  | $ | 9,756 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,757 |
Bankers acceptance drafts |  |  | 5,330 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5,330 |
Asset-backed securities |  |  | 37,017 |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | (42 | ) |  |  | 36,990 |
Commercial paper |  |  | 13,810 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (60 | ) |  |  | 13,750 |
Corporate obligations |  |  | 77,788 |  |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | (25 | ) |  |  | 77,821 |
Municipal bonds |  |  | 1,970 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,970 |
U.S. treasury obligations |  |  | 28,054 |  |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 28,078 |
U.S. agency obligations |  |  | 35,728 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 35,738 |
|  | $ | 209,453 |  |  | $ | 108 |  |  | $ | (127 | ) |  | $ | 209,434 |
As of December 31, 2017: |  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized (Losses) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
Long-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Group insurance contracts |  | $ | 6,006 |  |  | $ | 249 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,255 |

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