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## Note 7—Reportable Business Segments and International Operations 

The Company has two reportable business segments: interconnect products and assemblies and cable products. The interconnect products and assemblies segment produces connectors and connector assemblies primarily for the communications, aerospace, industrial and automotive markets. The cable products segment produces coaxial and flat ribbon cable and related products primarily for communication markets, including cable television. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those for the Company as a whole and are described in Note 1 herein. The Company evaluates the performance of business units on, among other things, profit or loss from operations before interest expense, headquarters' expense allocations, income taxes and nonrecurring gains and losses. The Company's operating segments are an aggregation of business units that have similar production processes and products. 

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Reconciliation of segment operating income to consolidated income before taxes: 

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Reconciliation of segment assets to consolidated total assets: 

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