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Cash and cash equivalents and other investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Cash and cash equivalents [abstract]

Schedule of Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are as follows:

	December 31,
	2 0 1 8			2 0 1 7
Cash	$	514,166		$	1,339,887
Cash equivalents (1)		6,473,075			5,863,717
	$	6,987,241		$	7,203,604

(1) Most of these cash equivalents correspond to Treasury Bills issued by the United States Treasury Department, whose initial original maturity is less than 90 days.

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The disclosure of detailed information about Cash and cash equivalents.

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