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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS - Treatment of Equity Awards in Connection with the Merger (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	Oct. 27, 2017	Oct. 24, 2017	Oct. 20, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accelerated vesting (in shares)			300
Canceled vested unexervised stock options (in shares)		4,500
RSAs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accelerated vesting (in shares)	1,100
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accelerated vesting (in shares)	36
PSAs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accelerated vesting (in shares)		98

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For presentations that combine terminations, the number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan or that expired.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1)(iv)(3)-(4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116856206&loc=d3e5070-113901

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