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Acquisition Level 3 (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Gains (Losses) on Divestitures and Impairment Charges [Table Text Block] |
| Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
| (In thousands)
Gains (losses) on divestitures, net | $ | 614 |  |  | $ | (587) |  |  | $ | 8,980 |  |  | $ | (9,683) |
Impairment losses | (71) |  |  | (892) |  |  | (3,155) |  |  | (5,497) |
Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net | $ | 543 |  |  | $ | (1,479) |  |  | $ | 5,825 |  |  | $ | (15,180) |

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