Available for Sale Securities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Available-for-sale Securities [Abstract]  
Available-for-sale Securities

4. Available-for-sale Securities

The following is a summary of available-for-sale debt securities recognized as cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, or restricted cash in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Estimated fair values of available-for-sale securities are generally based on prices obtained from commercial pricing services (in thousands):

 

                                 
    September 30, 2012  
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized     Estimated  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Fair Value  

Certificates of deposit

  $ 200     $ —       $ —       $ 200  

Money market funds

    27,517       —         —         27,517  

U.S. Treasury securities

    70,674       6       —         70,680  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $ 98,391     $ 6     $ —       $ 98,397  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   
    December 31, 2011  
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized     Estimated  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Fair Value  

Certificates of deposit

  $ 200     $ —       $ —       $ 200  

Money market funds

    9,238       —         —         9,238  

U.S. Treasury securities

    51,674       29       —         51,703  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $ 61,112     $ 29     $ —       $ 61,141  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the classification of the available-for-sale securities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

 

                 
    September 30, 2012     December 31, 2011  

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 69,563     $ 9,238  

Marketable securities

    28,634       51,703  

Restricted cash

    200       200  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $ 98,397     $ 61,141  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no sales of available-for-sale marketable securities during the first nine months of 2012 or 2011.

At September 30, 2012, all of the Company’s marketable securities had a maturity of one year or less.