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Note 12 - Hedging Activities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

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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