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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2012
Summary of Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis | The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
|  | January 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |
Financial assets carried at fair value: |  | (millions) |
Municipal bonds(a) |  | $ | 183.1 |  |  | $ | 179.2 |
Auction rate securities(b) |  |  | 8.9 |  |  |  | 12.0 |
Total |  | $ | 192.0 |  |  | $ | 191.2 |
(a) Based on Level 1 measurements. (b) Based on Level 3 measurements.
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Balances of Investment Securities Measured at Fair Value using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the investment securities measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
Level 3 (Unobservable inputs) |  | January 28, 2012 |  |  | January 29, 2011 |  |  | January 28, 2012 |  |  | January 29, 2011 |
|  | (millions) |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 8.9 |  |  | $ | 15.9 |  |  | $ | 12.0 |  |  | $ | 22.7 |
Change in temporary valuation adjustment included in other comprehensive income |  |  | -- |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.9 |
Redemptions at par |  |  | -- |  |  |  | (2.6 | ) |  |  | (3.4 | ) |  |  | (9.5 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 8.9 |  |  | $ | 14.1 |  |  | $ | 8.9 |  |  | $ | 14.1 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19190-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 32 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 6 -Footnote 4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a),(b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of assets using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income, and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs), by class of asset. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph c -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19279-110258 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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