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Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Acquisitions And Dispositions [Abstract] |
Schedule of assets acquired and liabilities assumed | The aggregate purchase price of the 2018 acquisitions was allocated as follows, based on acquisition date fair values to the following assets and liabilities:
|  | Purchase Price Allocation
|  | Year Ended
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2018
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 2,344 |
Inventory |  | 1,268 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 1,518 |
Goodwill |  | 41,840 |
Amortized intangible assets |  | 78,427 |
Other assets |  | 5,198 |
Other liabilities |  | (7,678 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | (4,900 | )
Aggregate purchase price, net of cash acquired |  | $ | 118,017 |
Acquisition Pro Forma Financial Information | The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the Company’s results as if the current year acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of 2018. The unaudited pro forma information also includes the 2018 acquisitions as if they occurred at the beginning of 2017:
| Three Months Ended June 30 |  | Six Months Ended June 30
(in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Operating revenues | $ | 737,602 |  |  | $ | 748,958 |  |  | $ | 1,442,995 |  |  | $ | 1,477,590 |
Net income | 57,195 |  |  | 46,694 |  |  | 139,321 |  |  | 91,796 |
Information related to Disposal Group | The revenue and operating income related to the KU business disposed of are as follows:
(in thousands) | Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 |  | Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
Revenue | $ | — |  |  | $ | 91,526 |
Operating income | — |  |  | 213 |

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