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		Scoundreller on May 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Air carriers are still failing people with disabil... How are cash reserves defined? AA has $6.3b in "short term investments", but $374m in cash.

tyingq on May 12, 2017 [–]

Generally, highly liquid low risk things with a maturity of 3 months or less, for GAAP.

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