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Note 11 - Stock Repurchase Program (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			17 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Aug. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 250,000	$ 200,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Period in Force	2 years	2 years
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock			$ 149,937	$ 99,942		$ 249,879
Treasury Stock [Member]
Shares Acquired Under Stock Repurchases Program, Shares			3,968,706	3,303,500		7,272,206

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury

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The cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3291-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Financing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6513228

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Period which shares may be purchased under a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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