The company's short-term investments are comprised of high quality credit instruments including U.S. government agency instruments and corporate bonds. Management views these instruments to be near equivalents to cash and believes that investors may share this viewpoint. |
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This release includes a summary cash flow statement that results in the change in both our cash and short-term investment balances. One of the subtotals in the summary cash flow statement is free cash flow. The table below presents a reconciliation of this non-GAAP line item to net cash provided by operating activities. |
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For the Three Months
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For the Six Months
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2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ | 31,159 | $ | 15,309 | $ | 117,503 | $ | 120,903 | ||||||||
Purchases of property, equipment and technology licenses |
(3,054 | ) | (11,514 | ) | (4,283 | ) | (18,626 | ) | ||||||||
Patent additions | (8,193 | ) | (6,274 | ) | (15,608 | ) | (11,440 | ) | ||||||||
Free cash flow | $ | 19,912 | $ | (2,479 | ) | $ | 97,612 | $ | 90,837 | |||||||