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LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Leases [Abstract]

Components of Lease Cost

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

			Year ended December 31,
			2024						2023						2022
Operating lease cost			$	88					$	93					$	102
Sublease income			(7)						(7)						(7)
Variable lease cost			22						22						20
Total lease cost			$	103					$	108					$	115

Schedule of Operating Leases Information

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

			Year ended December 31,
			2024						2023						2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities			$	120					$	119					$	118
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities			$	21					$	40					$	35

			December 31,
			2024			2023			2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)			3.8			4.4			4.9
Weighted-average discount rate applied to operating leases			3.2		%	3.2		%	3.1		%

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 December 31, 2024:

Year Ending December 31,						Operating Leases
2025						$	111
2026						91
2027						74
2028						23
2029						19
Thereafter						20
Total lease payments (undiscounted)						338
Less: Interest						20
Present value of lease liabilities:						$	318
Lease liabilities - current						$	102
Lease liabilities - noncurrent						$	216

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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
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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