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Amounts of cost of inventory in disposal group, including discontinued operation.

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Amounts of revenue from sale of inventory of disposal group, including discontinued operation.

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Amounts of reduction in operating expense due to sale of assets in disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3179-108585

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