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Note 12 - Hedging Activities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Note 12 - Hedging Activities (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Table Text Block] |
| U.S. Dollar |  | Asset derivatives |  | Liability derivatives
| Gross notional amount |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value
| Sept. 30, 2015 |  | Dec. 31, 2014 |  |  | Sept. 30, 2015 |  | Dec. 31, 2014 |  |  | Sept. 30, 2015 |  | Dec. 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | $ 803 |  | $ 487 |  | Other current assets |  | $ 7 |  | $ 22 |  | Other accrued liabilities |  | $ (10) |  | $ (6)
|  |  |  |  | Other assets |  | 1 |  |  |  | Other liabilities |  | (28) |  |
Interest rate contracts | 550 |  | 1,300 |  | Other assets |  | 2 |  | 1 |  | Other liabilities |  |  |  | (15)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts, other | 592 |  | 1,285 |  | Other current assets |  | 2 |  | 17 |  | Other accrued liabilities |  | (5) |  | (5)
Foreign currency hedges related to translated earnings | 12,678 |  | 12,126 |  | Other current assets |  | 540 |  | 649 |  | Other accrued liabilities |  | (59) |  | (33)
|  |  |  |  | Other assets |  | 605 |  | 846 |  | Other liabilities |  | (72) |  |
Total derivatives | $14,623 |  | $15,198 |  |  |  | $1,157 |  | $1,535 |  |  |  | $(174) |  | $(59)
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] |
Note 12 - Hedging Activities (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] |
| Effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated financial statements for the three months ended September 30
Derivatives in hedging relationships | Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI) |  | Location of gain/(loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective) |  | Gain reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective) (1)
2015 |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Interest rate hedges |  |  |  |  | Sales |  | $4 |  | $1
Foreign exchange contracts | $(58) |  | $11 |  | Cost of sales |  | 1 |  | 2
Total cash flow hedges | $(58) |  | $11 |  |  |  | $5 |  | $3
| Effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30
Derivatives in hedging relationships | Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI) |  | Location of gain/(loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective) |  | Gain reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective) (1)
2015 |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Interest rate hedges | $ (7) |  |  |  | Sales |  | $14 |  | $1
Foreign exchange contracts | (24) |  | $6 |  | Cost of sales |  | 7 |  | 2
Total cash flow hedges | $(31) |  | $6 |  |  |  | $21 |  | $3
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] |
Note 12 - Hedging Activities (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] |
Undesignated derivatives | Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income |  | Gain (loss) recognized in income
Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Foreign exchange contracts – balance sheet | Foreign currency hedge gain (loss), net |  | $ | (6) |  | $ | 21 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | 16
Foreign exchange contracts – loans | Foreign currency hedge gain (loss), net |  |  | 1 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 6
Foreign currency hedges related to translated earnings | Foreign currency hedge gain (loss), net |  |  | (149) |  |  | 739 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 600
Total undesignated |  |  | $ | (154) |  | $ | 765 |  | $ | 52 |  | $ | 622

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