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Defined benefit plan, lump sum settlement charge, pre tax

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One time charge related to pension settlement (pre-tax)

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Pre-tax (loss) recovery related to Superstorm Sandy insurance

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Restructuring and Other Charges, net and other items not representative of the ongoing operations of the segments.

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The aggregate amount provided for estimated restructuring charges, asset impairments and other charges during an accounting period. Generally, these items are either unusual or infrequent, but not both (in which case they would be extraordinary items).

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Pre-tax charges incurred related to Superstorm Sandy

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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This element represents the amount of any measurement period adjustment (as defined) realized during the reporting period to financial assets acquired in connection with a business combination for which the initial accounting was incomplete.

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A fee charged for services from professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants. The term is often expanded to include other professions, for example, pharmacists charging to maintain a medicinal profile of a client or customer.

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