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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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:
|  | September 30, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
|  | (Unaudited) |  |  |  |
Assets of discontinued operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable - trade, net |  | $ | 739 |  |  | $ | 1,568 |
Inventories, net |  |  | 3,131 |  |  |  | 2,921 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  | 209 |  |  |  | 214 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 354 |  |  |  | 524 |
Right of use asset |  |  | — |  |  |  | 129 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  | 1,382 |  |  |  | 1,477 |
Other assets |  |  | 251 |  |  |  | 240 |
Assets of discontinued operations |  | $ | 6,066 |  |  | $ | 7,073 |
Liabilities of discontinued operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank overdrafts |  | $ | 150 |  |  | $ | 349 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | 3,641 |  |  |  | 3,507 |
Liabilities of discontinued operations |  | $ | 3,791 |  |  | $ | 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 September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Revenues |  | $ | 1,274 |  |  | $ | 4,299 |  |  | $ | 5,858 |  |  | $ | 10,118 |
Costs and Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of goods sold |  |  | 1,504 |  |  |  | 4,052 |  |  |  | 5,619 |  |  |  | 8,957 |
Operating Expenses |  |  | 438 |  |  |  | 692 |  |  |  | 1,503 |  |  |  | 1,763 |
Interest income |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
Other expense |  |  | 257 |  |  |  | 132 |  |  |  | 563 |  |  |  | 486 |
Total costs and expenses |  |  | 2,198 |  |  |  | 4,875 |  |  |  | 7,681 |  |  |  | 11,202 |
Loss before provision for income taxes |  |  | (924 | ) |  |  | (576 | ) |  |  | (1,823 | ) |  |  | (1,084 | )
Income tax benefit |  |  | (194 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (383 | ) |  |  | — |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |  | $ | (730 | ) |  | $ | (576 | ) |  | $ | (1,440 | ) |  | $ | (1,084 | )
Schedule of discontinued operations in consolidated statements of cash flows | The following table presents the switchgear business in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Net cash used in operating activities |  | $ | (299 | ) |  | $ | (3,300 | )
Net cash used in investing activities |  |  | — |  |  |  | (56 | )
Net cash provided by financing activities |  |  | 299 |  |  |  | 3,356 |
Increase in cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | —

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