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LEASES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Leases [Abstract]

Components of Lease Cost

The following table presents the components of the Company’s lease cost:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2024						2023						2024						2023
Operating lease cost			$	23					$	23					$	66					$	70
Sublease income			(1)						(1)						(5)						(5)
Variable lease cost			5						6						16						16
Total lease cost			$	27					$	28					$	77					$	81

Schedule of Operating Leases Information

The following tables present other information related to the Company’s operating leases:

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2024						2023						2024						2023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities			$	31					$	30					$	90					$	90
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities			$	15					$	1					$	20					$	25

			September 30, 2024						September 30, 2023
Weighted-average remaining lease term			4.0 years						4.6 years
Weighted-average discount rate applied to operating leases			3.2		%				3.2		%

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity

The following table presents a maturity analysis of the future minimum lease payments included within the Company’s operating lease liabilities at September 30, 2024:

Year Ending December 31,						Operating Leases
2024 (After September 30,)						$	30
2025						113
2026						93
2027						75
2028						24
After 2028						41
Total lease payments (undiscounted)						376
Less: Interest						22
Present value of lease liabilities:						$	354
Lease liabilities - current						$	109
Lease liabilities - noncurrent						$	245

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Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income.

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-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position.

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