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Income (Loss) From Equity Method Investments Before Amortization- This represents the entity's proportionate share for the period of net income (loss) of its investee to which the equity method of accounting is applied not including the entity's amortization of intangible assets.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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The amount of the cost of sales reported by an equity method investment of the entity.

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