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cash and spending Capital flow.
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and Our losses of unrealized nine quarter months. of unrealized the $XXX,XXX investment for $XXX,XXX included this income losses
Our going quarter effective to with XX.X% our forward. of XX% rate in rate tax XX.X% line was this anticipated
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