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Non-operating (loss) income | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Non-operating (loss) income, net [Abstract] |
Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure | 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, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
| (In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income | $ | 805 |  |  | $ | 6,457 |  |  | $ | 7,500 |  |  | $ | 21,045 |
Transition services income | — |  |  | 3,750 |  |  | 2,100 |  |  | 11,850 |
Gain on sale of business | (9) |  |  | 64 |  |  | 5,602 |  |  | 817 |
Other, net | (21) |  |  | 227 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 425 |
Total non-operating income, net | $ | 775 |  |  | $ | 10,498 |  |  | $ | 15,262 |  |  | $ | 34,137 |
The lower interest income during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 reflects a decline in interest rates on our investments in debt securities. The transition services income relates to the divested security services business. The transition services agreement ended in February 2020. The gain on sale of business in 2020 represents the excess of the contingent consideration received related to the divested security services business compared to the estimated receivable.

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