Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Issue 6
Securities loaned
Footnotes:
A. Notes payable included in accounts payable
B. May include long term borrowings
C. Includes debts due in four years or less for Germany
D. Non-Operational borrowings are included
F. No standard text
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - S
Short Term Investments
Asset Data, Annual Item; Field 02008
Industrials, Other Financial Companies:
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS represent temporary investments of excess cash in marketable securities
that can be readily converted into cash.
It includes but is not restricted to:
Short-term obligations of the U.S. government
Stocks, bonds, or other marketable securities listed as short-term investments
Time certificates of deposit
Time deposits
Eurodollar bank time deposits
U.S. government treasury bills
Corporate securities - stocks, bonds
Municipal securities
Commercial paper
Money market mutual fund shares
Post office time deposits (non-U.S.)
Short-term investments
Temporary investments
It excludes:
Commercial paper issued by unconsolidated subsidiaries to parent company (this is included in
receivables)
Amount due from sale of debentures (this is included in receivables)
Checks written by the company but not yet deposited and charged to the company's bank account
Promissory notes
Footnotes:
A. Includes long term investments
B. Includes securities due four years or less for Germany
C. Cash on hand is included
D. Includes cash and securities held for regulatory purposes
SIC Codes
Descriptive Data, Current Items; Fields 07021, 07022, 07023, 07024, 07025, 07026, 07027, 07028
All Industries:
SIC CODES were developed by the U.S. government to provide a standard industry classification that
covers all the economic activities of the United States. They are derived from the 1987 edition of the
Standard Industrial Classification Manual compiled by the Executive Office of the President of the United
States, Office of Management and Budget. These SIC codes are assigned to both U.S. and non-U.S.
companies according to the type of business in which they are engaged. A company may have up to
eight SIC codes assigned to it or as little as one depending on the number of business segments that
make up the company's revenue. If a sales breakdown for segments is available SIC Code 1 would
represent the business segment which provided the most revenue. SIC Code 8 would represent the
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