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Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Cash and Cash Equivalents | As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, consolidated cash and cash equivalents consisted of:
|  |  |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Cash and bank accounts |  | $ |  |  |  |  | 501 |  |  |  | 547 |
Fixed-income securities and other cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  | 449 |  |  |  | 241 |
|  | $ |  |  |  |  | 950 |  |  |  | 788 |

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