SHAW GROUP INC - 10-Q filing on 2011-12-21

Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2011

Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments [Table Text Block]

																		Balance Sheet Classifications
		Cost Basis				Unrealized Gain				Unrealized (Loss)				Recorded Basis				Cash and Cash Equivalents				Short-term Investments

Cash		$	514,815			$	—			$	—			$	514,815			$	514,815			$	—
Money market mutual funds			122,231				—				—				122,231				122,231				—
Certificates of deposit			205,611				—				—				205,611				—				205,611
Available-for-sale securities:
Bond mutual funds			20,000				36				—				20,036				—				20,036
Corporate bonds			12,095				5				(144	)			11,956				—				11,956
Trading securities:
Equity investments			4,998				—				(7	)			4,991				—				4,991
Total		$	879,750			$	41			$	(151	)		$	879,640			$	637,046			$	242,594

		Cost Basis				Unrealized Gain				Unrealized (Loss)				Recorded Basis				Cash and Cash Equivalents				Short-term Investments

Cash		$	653,979			$	—			$	—			$	653,979			$	653,979			$	—
Money market mutual funds			17,350				—				—				17,350				17,350				—
Certificates of deposit			211,910				—				—				211,910				2,751				209,159
Available-for-sale securities:
Corporate bonds			17,853				40				(116	)			17,777				—				17,777
Total		$	901,092			$	40			$	(116	)		$	901,016			$	674,080			$	226,936

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments [Table Text Block]

		2011				2010
Proceeds		$	5,617			$	25,624
Realized gains		$	1			$	73
Realized losses		$	—			$	—

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments [Table Text Block]

		Less than 12 Months
		Fair Value				Unrealized Loss
Available-for-sale:
Corporate bonds			1,874				(29	)
Total		$	1,874			$	(29	)

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

		Cost Basis				Estimated Fair Value
Due in one year or less		$	12,095			$	11,956
Due in one to two years			—				—
Total		$	12,095			$	11,956