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Non-operating (loss) income | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Non-operating (loss) income, net [Abstract] |
Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block] | Non-operating Income, Net The following table presents the components of Non-operating income, net:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (In thousands)
Interest income | $ | 6,457 |  |  | $ | 5,823 |  |  | $ | 21,045 |  |  | $ | 19,894 |
Transition services income | 3,750 |  |  | — |  |  | 11,850 |  |  | — |
Loss on extinguishment of Subordinated Convertible Debentures | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (6,554 | )
Other, net | 291 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 1,242 |  |  | 1,059 |
Total non-operating income, net | $ | 10,498 |  |  | $ | 5,935 |  |  | $ | 34,137 |  |  | $ | 14,399 |
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized $3.8 million and $11.9 million, respectively, of income from the transition services provided to Neustar in connection with the sale of customer contracts of its Security Services business. In the second quarter of 2018, the Company recognized a $6.6 million loss on the extinguishment of the Subordinated Convertible Debentures.

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