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Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value

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Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value
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Sep. 30, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] Ìý
Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value

(4)ÌýÌýÌýAssets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

For assets and liabilities required to be reported at fair value, GAAP provides a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. LevelÌý1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. LevelÌý2 inputs are inputs, other than quoted market prices included within LevelÌý1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. LevelÌý3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.ÌýÌýLiberty does not have any assets or liabilities required to be measured at fair value considered to be Level 3.

Liberty's assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:

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December 31, 2013

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Cash equivalents

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244Ìý

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214Ìý

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30Ìý

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859Ìý

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859Ìý

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$

296Ìý

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15Ìý

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15Ìý

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Available-for-sale securities

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$

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987Ìý

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75Ìý

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1,293Ìý

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315Ìý

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Financial instrument assets

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$

330Ìý

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31Ìý

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299Ìý

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397Ìý

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397Ìý

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Debt

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$

983Ìý

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983Ìý

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The majority of Liberty's LevelÌý2 financial assets are primarily investments in debt related instruments and certain derivative instruments. The Company notes that these assets are not always traded publicly or not considered to be traded on "active markets," as defined in GAAP.ÌýÌýThe fair values for such instruments are derived from a typical model using observable market data as the significant inputs.ÌýÌýAccordingly, those available-for-sale securities and debt related instruments are reported in the foregoing table as LevelÌý2 fair value.

Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:

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Fair Value Option Securities

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$

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53Ìý

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33Ìý

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189Ìý

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Cash convertible notes (a)

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41Ìý

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18Ìý

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Other derivatives (b)

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11Ìý

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(106)

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33Ìý

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64Ìý

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(a)

Liberty issued $1 billion of cash convertible notes in October 2013 which are accounted for at fair value (Level 2), as elected by Liberty at the issuance of the notes.

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Derivatives, including the Charter warrants (as discussed in note 6) and the bond hedge (as discussed in note 8), are marked to market based on the trading price of underlying securities and other observable market data as the significant inputs (Level 2).