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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2013
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments |
Schedule of cash, cash equivalents, and investments | The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | March 30, 2013 |
|  | Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Fair Value |
Cash and Cash Equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash on hand |  | $ | 32,034 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 32,034 |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds |  | 44,590 |  | — |  | — |  | 44,590 |
Municipal bonds |  | 2,314 |  | — |  | — |  | 2,314 |
U.S. Treasury bills |  | 325 |  | — |  | — |  | 325 |
Total available-for-sale securities |  | 47,229 |  | — |  | — |  | 47,229 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 79,263 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 79,263 |
Short-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable-rate demand notes |  | $ | 64,185 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 64,185 |
Corporate bonds |  | 61,607 |  | (7 | ) | 253 |  | 61,853 |
Municipal bonds |  | 52,978 |  | (10 | ) | 65 |  | 53,033 |
U.S. Treasury bills |  | 20,322 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 20,323 |
Asset-backed securities |  | 15,751 |  | (2 | ) | 8 |  | 15,757 |
U.S. government bonds |  | 12,633 |  | — |  | 25 |  | 12,658 |
International government bonds |  | 1,983 |  | — |  | 16 |  | 1,999 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 229,459 |  | $ | (19 | ) | $ | 368 |  | $ | 229,808 |
Long-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Auction rate securities |  | $ | 12,450 |  | $ | (1,261 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 11,189 |
Total long-term investments |  | $ | 12,450 |  | $ | (1,261 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 11,189 |
|  | December 29, 2012 |
|  | Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Fair Value |
Cash and Cash Equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash on hand |  | $ | 56,690 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 56,690 |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Treasury bills |  | 25,049 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 25,050 |
Money market funds |  | 22,685 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 22,686 |
Municipal bonds |  | 1,000 |  | — |  | — |  | 1,000 |
Total available-for-sale securities |  | 48,734 |  | — |  | 2 |  | 48,736 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 105,424 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 105,426 |
Short-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate bonds |  | $ | 59,089 |  | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 267 |  | $ | 59,351 |
Municipal bonds |  | 45,646 |  | (7 | ) | 50 |  | 45,689 |
Variable-rate demand notes |  | 41,785 |  | — |  | — |  | 41,785 |
Asset-backed securities |  | 15,058 |  | — |  | 11 |  | 15,069 |
U.S. government bonds |  | 12,638 |  | — |  | 25 |  | 12,663 |
International government bonds |  | 1,991 |  | — |  | 17 |  | 2,008 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 176,207 |  | $ | (12 | ) | $ | 370 |  | $ | 176,565 |
Long-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Auction rate securities |  | $ | 12,525 |  | $ | (1,156 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 11,369 |
Total long-term investments |  | $ | 12,525 |  | $ | (1,156 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 11,369 |
Schedule of available-for-sale investments in continuous unrealized loss position by length of time | The available-for-sale investments that were in a continuous unrealized loss position, aggregated by length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Less Than 12 Months |  | 12 Months or Greater |  | Total |
As of March 30, 2013 |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 13,196 |  | $ | (10 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 13,196 |  | $ | (10 | )
Auction rate securities |  | — |  | — |  | 11,189 |  | (1,261 | ) | 11,189 |  | (1,261 | )
Corporate bonds |  | 6,989 |  | (7 | ) | — |  | — |  | 6,989 |  | (7 | )
Asset-backed securities |  | 5,322 |  | (2 | ) | — |  | — |  | 5,322 |  | (2 | )
|  | $ | 25,507 |  | $ | (19 | ) | $ | 11,189 |  | $ | (1,261 | ) | $ | 36,696 |  | $ | (1,280 | )
|  | Less Than 12 Months |  | 12 Months or Greater |  | Total |
As of December 29, 2012 |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 17,152 |  | $ | (7 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 17,152 |  | $ | (7 | )
Auction rate securities |  | — |  | — |  | 11,369 |  | (1,156 | ) | 11,369 |  | (1,156 | )
Corporate bonds |  | 9,543 |  | (5 | ) | — |  | — |  | 9,543 |  | (5 | )
|  | $ | 26,695 |  | $ | (12 | ) | $ | 11,369 |  | $ | (1,156 | ) | $ | 38,064 |  | $ | (1,168 | )
Summarization of contractual underlying maturities of available-for-sale investments | The following summarizes the contractual underlying maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale investments at March 30, 2013 (in thousands):
|  | Cost |  | Fair Value |
Due in one year or less |  | $ | 121,784 |  | $ | 121,854 |
Due after one year through ten years |  | 99,419 |  | 99,698 |
Due after ten years |  | 67,935 |  | 66,674 |
|  | $ | 289,138 |  | $ | 288,226 |

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