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Threshold for reporting the amount of revenue generated from a single external customer reported as a percentage of total consolidated revenues.

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Concentration of labor, expressed as a percentage of total employees, subject to collective bargaining agreements.

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Concentration of labor, expressed as a percentage of total employees, subject to collective bargaining agreements that expire within one year.

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Date the entity disposed of a business or a group of assets, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Percent of net assets at close of period. For schedules of investments that are categorized, each category has a percent of net assets for the aggregated value of the Investments in the category.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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