Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Financial Instruments (Tables)

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Financial Instruments (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Financial Instruments  
Summary Of Financial Instruments

                   Type of                  

    June 30,

    December 31,

         financial instrument        

       2011      

        2010       

 

 

           amounts in millions         

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

      Borrowed shares (1)

$        1,148

             1,219

 

      Other

             107

                139

 

 

          1,255

             1,358

 

Less current portion

          1,167

            (1,264)

 

 

$             88

                 94

 

 

                                               

            (1)       The market values of borrowed shares are as follows:

 

 

    June 30,

    December 31,

 

       2011      

        2010       

 

 

amounts in millions

 

 

 

 

 

Time Warner

$           110

                 97

 

Time Warner Cable

               59

                 50

 

Sprint (a)

             147

                221

 

Motorola Solutions (b)

             341

                471

 

Motorola Mobility (b)

             143

                  --

 

CenturyLink (a)

               76

                165

 

Priceline

             267

                208

 

Other

                5

                   7

 

 

 

 

 

 

$        1,148

             1,219

 

 

(a)In January 2011, Liberty unwound a portion of the borrowed share position with respect to approximately 25 million Sprint shares and 2 million CenturyLink shares through the delivery of such shares to the counterparty.  The asset associated with these AFS securities ($115 million and $74 million, respectively) was retired as well as the liability ($115 million and $74 million, respectively) associated with those borrowed share positions.

(b)As discussed in note 6, Motorola Inc. separated into two companies effective January 4, 2011 through a stock distribution and reverse stock split.

Realized And Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Financial Instruments