GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION Cash Flow Breakdown
Cash flow breakdown shows where GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION's cash came from and where it went: from running the business, from investing (buying or selling equipment, companies and investments) and from financing (borrowing, paying back loans, buying back shares, paying dividends). One row per year or quarter. A minus sign means cash went out. Financing is shown line by line: buybacks, dividends, debt paid back, new debt and the rest. All amounts are the filed figures for that period.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from running the business, $5.12B came in.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from investing, $1.28B went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from financing, $3.19B went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: change in cash, $636.00M came in.
A minus sign means cash went out. * = worked out from the filed year-to-date figures (hover to see how); greyed = already counted inside another line.
Each year (12 month)
| Fiscal year end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | Commercial paper | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
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| 2025-12-31 | $5.12B | -$1.28B | -$637.00M | -$1.59B | -$1.50B | $747.00M | | | -$207.00M | | $636.00M |
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| 2024-12-31 | $4.11B | -$953.00M | -$1.50B | -$1.53B | -$500.00M | $0.00 | | | $161.00M | | -$216.00M |
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| 2023-12-31 | $4.71B | -$941.00M | -$434.00M | -$1.43B | -$1.25B | $0.00 | | | $18.00M | | $671.00M |
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| 2022-12-31 | $4.58B | -$1.49B | -$1.23B | -$1.37B | -$1.00B | $0.00 | | | $127.00M | | -$361.00M |
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| 2021-12-31 | $4.27B | -$882.00M | -$1.83B | -$1.31B | | $1.50B | $0.00 | | $56.00M | -$3.00B* | -$1.22B |
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| 2020-12-31 | $3.86B | -$974.00M | -$587.00M | -$1.24B | -$2.00B | $3.96B | $0.00 | | -$95.00M | -$941.00M* | $1.92B |
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| 2019-12-31 | $2.98B | -$994.00M | -$231.00M | -$1.15B | $0.00 | $0.00 | -$850.00M | | -$55.00M | $291.00M* | -$61.00M |
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| 2018-12-31 | $3.15B | -$10.23B | -$1.77B | -$1.07B | $0.00 | $6.46B | $850.00M | $136.00M | -$53.00M | $536.00M* | -$2.02B |
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| 2017-12-31 | $3.88B | -$788.00M | -$1.56B | -$986.00M | -$900.00M | $985.00M | $0.00 | | $60.00M | | $649.00M |
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| 2016-12-31 | $2.16B | -$391.00M | -$2.00B | -$911.00M | -$500.00M | $992.00M | $0.00 | $292.00M | -$46.00M | | -$451.00M |
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| 2015-12-31 | $2.50B | $200.00M | -$3.23B | -$873.00M | -$500.00M | $0.00 | | $268.00M | -$29.00M | $108.00M* | -$1.60B |
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| 2014-12-31 | $3.73B | -$1.10B | -$3.38B | -$822.00M | $0.00 | $0.00 | | $547.00M | -$18.00M | $100.00M* | -$913.00M |
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| 2013-12-31 | $3.11B | -$363.00M | -$740.00M | -$591.00M | $0.00 | $0.00 | | $583.00M | $23.00M | | $2.00B |
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| 2012-12-31 | $2.61B | -$642.00M | -$602.00M | -$893.00M | -$2.40B | $2.38B | | $146.00M | -$15.00M | | $647.00M |
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| 2011-12-31 | $3.24B | -$1.97B | -$1.47B | -$673.00M | -$750.00M | $1.50B | | $198.00M | -$5.00M | | $36.00M |
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| 2010-12-31 | $2.99B | -$408.00M | -$1.19B | -$631.00M | -$700.00M | $0.00 | | $277.00M | $13.00M | | $350.00M |
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| 2009-12-31 | $2.85B | -$1.39B | -$209.00M | -$577.00M | $0.00 | | | $142.00M | -$5.00M | -$157.00M* | $642.00M |
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| 2008-12-31 | $3.12B | -$3.66B | -$1.52B | -$533.00M | | | | $144.00M | -$206.00M | $1.40B* | -$1.27B |
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| 2007-12-31 | $2.95B | -$875.00M | -$505.00M | -$445.00M | $0.00 | | | $207.00M | -$43.00M | | $1.29B |
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Each quarter (3 month)
| Quarter end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | Commercial paper | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
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| 2026-04-05 | $2.15B | -$202.00M | -$217.00M | -$405.00M | $0.00 | | $0.00 | | -$7.00M | | $1.32B |
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| 2025-12-31 | $1.56B* | -$862.00M* | -$37.00M* | -$405.00M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | | | -$442.00M* | | |
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| 2025-09-28 | $2.11B* | -$206.00M* | $0.00* | -$403.00M | $0.00* | $0.00* | | | $196.00M* | -$696.00M* | |
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| 2025-06-29 | $1.60B* | -$86.00M* | $0.00* | -$402.00M | -$750.00M* | | -$894.00M* | | $71.00M* | $747.00M* | |
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| 2025-03-30 | -$148.00M | -$130.00M | -$600.00M | -$383.00M | -$750.00M | | $1.59B | | -$32.00M | | -$455.00M |
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| 2024-12-31 | $2.16B* | -$365.00M* | -$1.32B* | -$389.00M* | -$500.00M* | $0.00* | | | $11.00M* | | |
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| 2024-09-29 | $1.42B* | -$281.00M* | -$44.00M* | -$390.00M | $0.00* | $0.00* | | | $39.00M* | | |
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| 2024-06-30 | $814.00M* | -$125.00M* | -$34.00M* | -$389.00M | $0.00* | | $0.00* | | $61.00M* | | |
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| 2024-03-31 | -$278.00M | -$182.00M | -$105.00M | -$361.00M | $0.00 | | $0.00 | | $50.00M | | -$877.00M |
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| 2023-12-31 | $1.20B* | -$333.00M* | $0.00* | -$360.00M* | $0.00* | | | | $58.00M* | | |
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| 2023-10-01 | $1.32B* | -$204.00M* | -$56.00M* | -$363.00M | -$500.00M* | | | | $2.00M* | | |
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| 2023-07-02 | $731.00M* | -$214.00M* | -$288.00M* | -$360.00M | | | | | -$2.00M* | -$750.00M* | |
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| 2023-04-02 | $1.46B | -$190.00M | -$90.00M | -$345.00M | | | | | -$40.00M | | $796.00M |
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| 2022-12-31 | $669.00M* | -$491.00M* | -$110.00M* | -$345.00M* | -$1.00B* | $0.00* | | | $24.00M* | | |
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| 2022-10-02 | $1.28B* | -$633.00M* | -$25.00M* | -$345.00M | $0.00* | $0.00* | | | -$7.00M* | | |
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| 2022-07-03 | $659.00M* | -$218.00M* | -$800.00M* | -$349.00M | | | | | $3.00M* | | |
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| 2022-04-03 | $1.97B | -$147.00M | -$294.00M | -$330.00M | | | | | $107.00M | | $1.30B |
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| 2021-12-31 | $1.68B* | -$381.00M* | -$337.00M* | -$332.00M* | | $0.00* | | | -$167.00M* | -$2.00B* | |
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| 2021-10-03 | $1.47B* | -$193.00M* | -$139.00M* | -$332.00M | | $0.00* | | | -$115.00M* | -$500.00M* | |
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| 2021-07-04 | $1.11B* | -$177.00M* | -$593.00M* | -$336.00M | | $1.50B* | $0.00* | | $137.00M* | -$503.00M* | |
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| 2021-04-04 | $3.00M | -$131.00M | -$759.00M | -$315.00M | | $0.00 | $0.00 | | $201.00M | | -$1.01B |
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| 2020-12-31 | $2.56B* | -$385.00M* | -$86.00M* | -$315.00M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | $0.00* | | $39.00M* | -$441.00M* | |
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| 2020-09-27 | $1.12B* | -$367.00M* | $0.00* | -$315.00M | $0.00* | $0.00* | -$816.00M* | | -$16.00M* | -$420.00M* | |
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| 2020-06-28 | $843.00M* | -$45.00M* | -$52.00M* | -$315.00M | | $0.00* | -$1.46B* | | $84.00M* | -$2.08B* | |
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| 2020-03-29 | -$666.00M | -$177.00M | -$449.00M | -$295.00M | | $3.96B | $2.27B | | -$202.00M | | $4.43B |
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| 2019-12-31 | $2.39B* | -$390.00M* | $0.00* | -$294.00M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | -$1.80B* | | -$262.00M* | $291.00M* | |
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| 2019-09-29 | $1.09B* | -$241.00M* | $0.00* | -$295.00M | $0.00* | $0.00* | -$447.00M* | | $177.00M* | | |
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| 2019-06-30 | $291.00M* | -$176.00M* | -$98.00M* | -$295.00M | | $0.00* | $384.00M* | | -$58.00M* | | $29.00M* |
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| 2019-03-31 | -$795.00M | -$187.00M | -$133.00M | -$268.00M | | $0.00 | $1.01B | | $88.00M | | -$290.00M |
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| 2018-12-31 | $2.07B* | $83.00M* | -$1.24B* | -$274.00M* | | $0.00* | -$818.00M* | | $15.00M* | $122.00M* | -$47.00M* |
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| 2018-09-30 | $790.00M* | -$73.00M* | -$97.00M* | -$275.00M | | $0.00* | -$1.12B* | | -$71.00M* | | -$852.00M* |
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| 2018-07-01 | $787.00M* | -$10.14B* | -$169.00M* | -$276.00M | | | $292.00M* | | $28.00M* | $7.01B* | -$2.47B* |
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| 2018-04-01 | -$496.00M | -$105.00M | -$267.00M | -$250.00M | | | $2.49B | | -$25.00M | | $1.35B |
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| 2017-12-31 | $1.99B* | -$203.00M* | -$386.00M* | -$251.00M* | -$900.00M* | $0.00* | $2.00M* | | $17.00M* | | $261.00M* |
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| 2017-10-01 | $872.00M* | -$390.00M* | -$271.00M* | -$252.00M | | $985.00M* | -$1.00M* | | -$66.00M* | | $866.00M* |
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| 2017-07-02 | $477.00M* | -$110.00M* | -$547.00M* | -$253.00M | | | -$1.00M* | | $131.00M* | | -$312.00M* |
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| 2017-04-02 | $533.00M | -$85.00M | -$354.00M | -$230.00M | | | $0.00 | | -$22.00M | | -$166.00M |
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| 2016-12-31 | $791.00M* | -$109.00M* | -$482.00M* | -$233.00M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | | $81.00M* | -$218.00M* | $211.00M* | $31.00M* |
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| 2016-10-02 | $499.00M* | -$97.00M* | -$325.00M* | -$231.00M | | | | $119.00M* | $76.00M* | $373.00M* | $404.00M* |
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| 2016-07-03 | $434.00M* | -$67.00M* | -$163.00M* | -$232.00M | $0.00* | | | $59.00M* | $89.00M* | -$100.00M* | -$8.00M* |
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| 2016-04-03 | $439.00M | -$118.00M | -$1.03B | -$215.00M | $0.00 | | | $33.00M | $7.00M | $8.00M* | -$878.00M |
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| 2015-12-31 | $329.00M* | -$218.00M* | -$504.00M* | -$218.00M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | | $28.00M* | $0.00* | $8.00M* | -$587.00M* |
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| 2015-10-04 | $737.00M* | -$133.00M* | -$1.16B* | -$223.00M | $0.00* | | | $42.00M* | -$4.00M* | $100.00M* | -$660.00M* |
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| 2015-07-05 | $688.00M* | $55.00M* | -$945.00M* | -$226.00M | $0.00* | | | $111.00M* | -$55.00M* | | -$380.00M* |
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| 2015-04-05 | $745.00M | $496.00M | -$620.00M | -$206.00M | -$500.00M | | | $87.00M | $30.00M | | $24.00M |
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| 2014-12-31 | -$70.00M* | -$276.00M* | -$265.00M* | -$204.00M* | $0.00* | | | $72.00M* | -$84.00M* | $100.00M* | -$717.00M* |
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| 2014-09-28 | $2.50B* | -$681.00M* | -$426.00M* | -$207.00M | $0.00* | | | $60.00M* | $12.00M* | | $1.26B* |
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| 2014-06-29 | $872.00M* | -$68.00M* | -$1.26B* | -$213.00M | $0.00* | | | | $44.00M* | $144.00M* | -$455.00M* |
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| 2014-03-30 | $422.00M | -$77.00M | -$1.43B | -$198.00M | $0.00 | | | | $64.00M* | $217.00M* | -$1.00B |
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| 2013-12-31 | $1.56B* | -$151.00M* | -$44.00M* | -$197.00M* | | | | $99.00M* | -$23.00M* | | $1.24B* |
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| 2013-09-29 | $466.00M* | -$51.00M* | -$211.00M* | -$196.00M | | | | | $30.00M* | $272.00M* | $308.00M* |
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| 2013-06-30 | $583.00M* | -$85.00M* | -$485.00M* | -$198.00M* | | | | | $8.00M* | $196.00M* | $12.00M* |
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| 2013-03-31 | $504.00M | -$76.00M | $0.00 | $0.00 | | | | $12.00M* | $24.00M* | | $449.00M |
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| 2012-12-31 | $699.00M* | $26.00M* | $0.00* | -$360.00M* | -$2.40B* | $2.38B* | | $25.00M* | -$17.00M* | | $422.00M* |
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| 2012-09-30 | $704.00M* | -$162.00M* | -$10.00M* | -$180.00M | | | | $10.00M* | -$26.00M* | | $334.00M* |
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| 2012-07-01 | $789.00M* | -$242.00M* | -$516.00M* | -$184.00M | | | | $33.00M* | $27.00M* | | -$92.00M* |
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| 2012-04-01 | $414.00M | -$264.00M | -$76.00M | -$169.00M | | | | $78.00M | $1.00M | | -$17.00M |
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| 2011-12-31 | $2.02B* | -$517.00M* | -$19.00M* | -$169.00M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | | $12.00M* | $1.00M* | -$200.00M* | $1.11B* |
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| 2011-10-02 | $137.00M* | -$1.21B* | -$328.00M* | -$171.00M | $0.00* | | | $11.00M* | -$4.00M* | $947.00M* | -$617.00M* |
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| 2011-07-03 | $751.00M* | -$113.00M* | -$807.00M* | -$176.00M | $0.00* | | | $37.00M* | -$17.00M* | | -$327.00M* |
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| 2011-04-03 | $328.00M | -$138.00M | -$314.00M | -$157.00M | | | | $138.00M | $15.00M | | -$129.00M |
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| 2010-12-31 | $1.42B* | -$147.00M* | -$459.00M* | -$160.00M* | | | | $118.00M* | -$3.00M* | | $770.00M* |
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| 2010-10-03 | $880.00M* | $185.00M* | -$215.00M* | -$161.00M* | | | | $2.00M* | $0.00* | -$700.00M* | -$10.00M* |
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| 2010-07-04 | $477.00M* | -$164.00M* | -$311.00M* | -$163.00M* | | | | -$11.00M* | $0.00* | | -$172.00M* |
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| 2010-04-04 | $210.00M | -$282.00M | -$200.00M | -$147.00M | | | | $168.00M | $16.00M | | -$238.00M |
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| 2009-12-31 | $1.50B* | -$471.00M* | -$100.00M* | -$147.00M* | $0.00* | | | $74.00M* | $3.00M* | | $854.00M* |
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| 2009-10-04 | $594.00M* | -$634.00M* | $0.00* | -$147.00M* | | | | $38.00M* | -$2.00M* | -$51.00M* | -$205.00M* |
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| 2009-07-05 | $609.00M* | -$2.00M* | $0.00* | -$147.00M* | | | | $3.00M* | -$5.00M* | $33.00M* | $488.00M* |
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| 2009-04-05 | $154.00M | -$285.00M | -$109.00M | -$136.00M | | | | $27.00M | -$1.00M | -$139.00M* | -$495.00M |
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| 2008-12-31 | $810.00M* | -$3.05B* | -$475.00M* | -$136.00M* | $0.00* | | | -$4.00M* | -$174.00M* | $2.05B* | -$996.00M* |
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| 2008-09-28 | $863.00M* | -$314.00M* | -$387.00M* | -$140.00M* | | | | $59.00M* | -$54.00M* | -$150.00M* | -$123.00M* |
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