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Discontinued Operations | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2018
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Discontinued Operations | Discontinued Operations On April 1, 2017 and September 1, 2017, the Company completed the Everett and Seattle Transactions, respectively. As a result, the financial results of Everett and Seattle are presented as Net loss from discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The following table presents the financial results for HPE's discontinued operations.
| Three Months Ended April 30, |  | Six Months Ended April 30,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
| In millions
Net revenue | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,124 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,629 |
Cost of revenue(1) | — |  |  | 2,201 |  |  | — |  |  | 5,620 |
Expenses(2) | — |  |  | 1,165 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 2,241 |
Interest and other, net(3) | 72 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 68 |  |  | 3 |
Loss from discontinued operations before taxes | (72 | ) |  | (245 | ) |  | (119 | ) |  | (235 | )
Benefit for taxes | — |  |  | 111 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 117 |
Net loss from discontinued operations | $ | (72 | ) |  | $ | (134 | ) |  | $ | (118 | ) |  | $ | (118 | )
(1) | Cost of revenue includes cost of products and services.
(2) | Expenses for the six months ended April 30, 2018 primarily consist of separation costs. Expenses for the three and six months ended April 30, 2017 primarily consist of selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, research and development (“R&D”) expenses, restructuring charges, separation costs, amortization of intangible assets, acquisition and other related charges, and defined benefit plan settlement charges and remeasurement (benefit).
(3) | Interest and other, net for the three and six months ended April 30, 2018 primarily consists of tax indemnification adjustments in connection with the Everett and Seattle Transactions.
For the three and six months ended April 30, 2017, significant non-cash items and capital expenditures of discontinued operations consisted of depreciation and amortization of $171 million and $470 million, respectively, and purchases of property, plant and equipment of $62 million and $147 million, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2122178 + Details
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