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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 03, 2015
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments |
Schedule of cash, cash equivalents, and investments | The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | October 3, 2015 |
|  | Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Fair Value |
Cash and Cash Equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash on hand |  | $ | 68,421 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 68,421 |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds |  | 63,316 |  | — |  | — |  | 63,316 |
Certificates of deposit |  | 3,903 |  | — |  | — |  | 3,903 |
Total available-for-sale securities |  | 67,219 |  | — |  | — |  | 67,219 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 135,640 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 135,640 |
Short-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 98,605 |  | $ | (10 | ) | $ | 146 |  | $ | 98,741 |
Variable-rate demand notes |  | 9,495 |  | — |  | — |  | 9,495 |
International government bonds |  | 2,234 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 2,235 |
Corporate bonds |  | 2,202 |  | (3 | ) | — |  | 2,199 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 112,536 |  | $ | (13 | ) | $ | 147 |  | $ | 112,670 |
Long-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Auction rate securities |  | $ | 8,000 |  | $ | (760 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 7,240 |
Total long-term investments |  | $ | 8,000 |  | $ | (760 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 7,240 |
|  | January 3, 2015 |
|  | Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Fair Value |
Cash and Cash Equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash on hand |  | $ | 52,144 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 52,144 |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds |  | 71,415 |  | — |  | — |  | 71,415 |
Certificates of deposit |  | 7,739 |  | — |  | — |  | 7,739 |
Commercial paper |  | 5,348 |  | — |  | — |  | 5,348 |
Municipal bonds |  | 1,756 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 1,757 |
U.S. government agency |  | 1,202 |  | — |  | — |  | 1,202 |
Corporate bonds |  | 1,101 |  | — |  | — |  | 1,101 |
U.S. government bonds |  | 1,000 |  | — |  | — |  | 1,000 |
Total available-for-sale securities |  | 89,561 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 89,562 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 141,705 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 141,706 |
Short-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 129,005 |  | $ | (25 | ) | $ | 172 |  | $ | 129,152 |
Corporate bonds |  | 33,043 |  | (35 | ) | 25 |  | 33,033 |
Variable-rate demand notes |  | 12,915 |  | — |  | — |  | 12,915 |
Commercial paper |  | 8,995 |  | — |  | — |  | 8,995 |
Asset-backed securities |  | 5,380 |  | (3 | ) | — |  | 5,377 |
International government bonds |  | 2,526 |  | (10 | ) | — |  | 2,516 |
U.S. government bonds |  | 650 |  | — |  | — |  | 650 |
U.S. government agency |  | 601 |  | — |  | — |  | 601 |
Certificates of deposit |  | 250 |  | — |  | — |  | 250 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 193,365 |  | $ | (73 | ) | $ | 197 |  | $ | 193,489 |
Long-term Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Auction rate securities |  | $ | 8,000 |  | $ | (581 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 7,419 |
Total long-term investments |  | $ | 8,000 |  | $ | (581 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 7,419 |
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 October 3, 2015 |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 8,274 |  | $ | (10 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 8,274 |  | $ | (10 | )
Auction rate securities |  | — |  | — |  | 7,240 |  | (760 | ) | 7,240 |  | (760 | )
International government bonds |  | 2,199 |  | (3 | ) | — |  | — |  | 2,199 |  | (3 | )
|  | $ | 10,473 |  | $ | (13 | ) | $ | 7,240 |  | $ | (760 | ) | $ | 17,713 |  | $ | (773 | )
|  | Less Than 12 Months |  | 12 Months or Greater |  | Total |
As of January 3, 2015 |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 23,735 |  | $ | (25 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 23,735 |  | $ | (25 | )
Corporate bonds |  | 20,327 |  | (35 | ) | — |  | — |  | 20,327 |  | (35 | )
Auction rate securities |  | — |  | — |  | 7,419 |  | (581 | ) | 7,419 |  | (581 | )
Asset-backed securities |  | 5,080 |  | (3 | ) | — |  | — |  | 5,080 |  | (3 | )
International government bond |  | 2,516 |  | (10 | ) | — |  | — |  | 2,516 |  | (10 | )
|  | $ | 51,658 |  | $ | (73 | ) | $ | 7,419 |  | $ | (581 | ) | $ | 59,077 |  | $ | (654 | )
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 October 3, 2015 (in thousands):
|  | Cost |  | Fair Value |
Due in one year or less |  | $ | 139,704 |  | $ | 139,779 |
Due after one year through ten years |  | 33,136 |  | 33,195 |
Due after ten years |  | 14,915 |  | 14,155 |
|  | $ | 187,755 |  | $ | 187,129 |

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