Target (TGT)

9. Cash Equivalents

        Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase. Cash equivalents also include amounts due from credit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days. Receivables resulting from third-party credit card sales within our Retail Segment are included within cash equivalents and were $313 million and $323 million at January 30, 2010 and January 31, 2009, respectively. Payables resulting from the use of the Target Visa at third-party merchants are included within cash equivalents and were $40 million and $53 million at January 30, 2010 and January 31, 2009, respectively.

9. Cash Equivalents

        Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase. Cash equivalents also include amounts due from credit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days. Receivables resulting from third-party credit card sales within our Retail Segment are included within cash equivalents and were $313 million and $323 million at January 30, 2010 and January 31, 2009, respectively. Payables resulting from the use of the Target Visa at third-party merchants are included within cash equivalents and were $40 million and $53 million at January 30, 2010 and January 31, 2009, respectively.

9. Cash Equivalents

        Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase. We carry these investments at cost, which approximates fair value. These investments totaled $302 million and $1,851 million at January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008, respectively.

        Also included in cash equivalents are amounts due from credit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days. Receivables resulting from third-party credit card sales within our Retail Segment are included within cash equivalents and were $323 million and $400 million at January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008, respectively. Payables resulting from the use of the Target Visa at third-party merchants are included within cash equivalents and were $53 million and $60 million at January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008, respectively.

9. Cash Equivalents

        Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase. We
carry these investments at cost, which approximates fair value. These investments totaled $302 million and $1,851 million at January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008,
respectively.

        Also
included in cash equivalents are amounts due from credit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days. Receivables resulting from third-party credit card sales
within our Retail Segment are included within cash equivalents and were $323 million and $400 million at January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008, respectively. Payables
resulting from the use of the Target Visa at third-party merchants are included within cash equivalents and were $53 million and $60 million at January 31, 2009 and
February 2, 2008, respectively.

5.  Cash Equivalents

We held cash equivalents (including money market investments) with market values of $397 million, $1,851 million and $2.5 million at November 1, 2008, February 2, 2008 and November 3, 2007, respectively.  The market values of these investments are determined based upon quoted market prices (Level 1 inputs as defined by SFAS 157).

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9. Cash Equivalents

        Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase. We carry these investments at cost, which approximates market value. These investments were $281 million and $1,172 million at February 3, 2007 and January 28, 2006, respectively. Also included in cash equivalents are proceeds due from credit and debit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days. Credit and debit card receivables included within cash equivalents were $355 million and $290 million at February 3, 2007 and January 28, 2006, respectively.

9. Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase. We carry these investments at cost, which approximates market value. These investments were $1,172 million and $1,732 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Also included in cash equivalents are proceeds due from credit and debit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days. Credit and debit card receivables included within cash equivalents were $285 million and $242 million, respectively, for 2005 and 2004.

Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents represent short-term investments with a maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase and were $1,732 million, $244 million and $357 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase of $1,488 in 2004 compared to 2003 is primarily due to investment of the remaining proceeds at year end from the divestitures of Marshall Field’s and Mervyn’s.