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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Schedule of the components of assets and liabilities that are attributable to discontinued operation | The components of assets and liabilities that are attributable to discontinued operations are as follows:
|  | June 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | (Unaudited) |  |  |  |
Assets of discontinued operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable - trade, net |  | $ | 1,010 |  |  | $ | 1,568 |
Inventories, net |  |  | 2,881 |  |  |  | 2,921 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 214 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 393 |  |  |  | 524 |
Right of use asset |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 129 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  | 1,414 |  |  |  | 1,477 |
Other assets |  |  | 249 |  |  |  | 240 |
Assets of discontinued operations |  | $ | 6,096 |  |  | $ | 7,073 |
Liabilities of discontinued operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank overdrafts |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 349 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | 3,016 |  |  |  | 3,507 |
Liabilities of discontinued operations |  | $ | 3,064 |  |  | $ | 3,856 |
Schedule of discontinued operations in Consolidated Statement of Operations | The following table presents the discontinued operations of the switchgear business in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Revenues |  | $ | 882 |  |  | $ | 3,614 |  |  | $ | 4,584 |  |  | $ | 5,819 |
Costs and Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of goods sold |  |  | 1,167 |  |  |  | 3,365 |  |  |  | 4,115 |  |  |  | 4,905 |
Operating Expenses |  |  | 434 |  |  |  | 449 |  |  |  | 1,064 |  |  |  | 1,075 |
Interest income |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Other expense |  |  | 189 |  |  |  | 211 |  |  |  | 307 |  |  |  | 349 |
Total costs and expenses |  |  | 1,789 |  |  |  | 4,024 |  |  |  | 5,483 |  |  |  | 6,326 |
Loss before provision for income taxes |  |  | (907 | ) |  |  | (410 | ) |  |  | (899 | ) |  |  | (507 | )
Income tax benefit |  |  | (189 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (189 | ) |  |  | — |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |  | $ | (718 | ) |  | $ | (410 | ) |  | $ | (710 | ) |  | $ | (507 | )
Schedule of discontinued operations in Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | The following table presents the switchgear business in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Net cash used in operating activities |  | $ | (225 | ) |  | $ | (1,986 | )
Net cash used in investing activities |  |  | — |  |  |  | (7 | )
Net cash provided by financing activities |  |  | 225 |  |  |  | 1,993 |
Increase in cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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