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Income (losses) from continuing operations						(7,253)	(11,064)	5,865
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Line of credit, outstanding						$ 13,453					$ 12,654				$ 17,936
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Line of credit, amount available											$ 17,997
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Line of credit, amount available \| €												€ 16,361
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Expected payroll support amount \| €					€ 6,900
Line of credit, borrowing capacity \| €										€ 12,000				€ 12,000
Germany [Member]
Payroll support, percentage				60.00%	60.00%
American subsidiary [Member]
Payroll support amount				$ 13,680
Subsequent Event [Member]
Cumulative revenues													$ 8,255
ABC Technologies B.V. [Member] \| Investor [Member] \| Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
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Majority Shareholder [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
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