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Note 19 - Share-based Compensation (Details) - Valuation Inputs for Option Grants Under Stock Option Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Note 19 - Share-based Compensation (Details) - Valuation Inputs for Option Grants Under Stock Option Plans [Line Items] |  |  |
Expected volatility | 43.60% | 45.40% | 46.50%
Weighted-average volatility | 43.60% | 45.40% | 46.60%
Expected dividends | 1.92% | 1.90% | 2.35%
Risk-free rate | 1.90% | 2.00% | 0.80%
Average risk-free rate | 1.90% | 2.00% | 1.10%
Expected term (in years) | 7 years 73 days | 7 years 73 days | 5 years 292 days
Pre-vesting departure rate | 0.60% | 0.50% | 0.40%
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Note 19 - Share-based Compensation (Details) - Valuation Inputs for Option Grants Under Stock Option Plans [Line Items] |  |  |
Expected volatility | 44.90% | 46.20% | 47.40%
Weighted-average volatility | 44.90% | 46.20% | 47.30%
Expected dividends | 2.68% | 2.09% | 3.02%
Risk-free rate | 2.10% | 2.20% | 2.20%
Average risk-free rate | 2.10% | 2.20% | 2.20%
Expected term (in years) | 7 years 73 days | 7 years 73 days | 7 years 73 days
Pre-vesting departure rate | 0.60% | 0.50% | 4.10%

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- Definition The weighted average of risk free rates used in the period. Risk free rate is defined as the yield of a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bond whose maturity period equals the option's expected term. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iv) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Weighted average expected volatility rate of share-based compensation awards. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 14.D.2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27013229&loc=d3e301413-122809 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(i) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 14 -Section D -Subsection 2 + Details
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