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Basis of Presentation - Variable Interest Entities (Details) - Variable interest entities, not primary beneficiary	Jul. 29, 2017 company
Investments
Preferred share investments, number of privately-held companies	2
Preferred share investments with common share warrant, number of privately-held companies	1

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- Definition

The number of privately-held companies in which the entity holds investments in preferred shares.

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- Definition

The number of privately-held companies in which the entity holds investments in preferred shares along with a warrant to purchase common shares.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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