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Please identify two relevant and two non-relevant costs for a recent decision at First American Title Insurance Company.

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Your tutorial is 509 words and a reference and explain the concept, identify a recent decision and give two relevant and two irrelevant costs.

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"In 2010, First American separated its newly developed real estate information businesses from its title insurance and financial services operations, thus creating two new independent companies�"a strategy that will enhance the focus and strengthen the competitive positions of both companies. The information and analytics operations became CoreLogic, Inc., and the financial services and title technology companies were named First American Financial Corporation."

The decision to separate the real estate ...

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