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Non-operating (loss) income

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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Non-operating Income, Net

The following table presents the components of Non-operating income, net:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019				2018
	(In thousands)
Interest income	$	7,360			$	7,489
Transition services income	4,050				—
Other, net	793				315
Total non-operating income, net	$	12,203			$	7,804

During the first quarter of 2019, the Company recognized $4.1 million of income from the transition services provided to Neustar in connection with the sale of customer contracts of the Security Services business.

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The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions.

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