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Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Income Taxes

Schedule of income (loss) before income taxes and income tax expense (benefit)

		Three months ended March 31,
		2018			2017
Loss before income taxes		$	(16,057	)	$	(8,887	)
Income tax benefit		$	(230	)	$	(10,527	)

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Tabular disclosure of pre-tax income (loss) and provision for income tax.

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