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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("AOCI")

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Mar. 31, 2018

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("AOCI")

16. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”)—The following table lists the beginning balance, annual activity and ending balance of accumulated other comprehensive loss, which consists of foreign currency translation adjustments:

		Total
Balance, December 31, 2016		$	(4,851	)
FX translation			344
Balance, December 31, 2017			(4,507	)
FX translation			672
Balance, March 31, 2018		$	(3,835	)

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