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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Investments

Investments at December 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following:

	2015				2014
Available-for-sale equity securities	$	6			$	9
Trading equity securities	49				49
Other investments	8				8
Total	$	63			$	66

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