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Note 11 - Stock Repurchase Program (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		32 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Aug. 31, 2015
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 250,000				$ 200,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Period in Force	2 years
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock		$ 25,656		$ 305,547
Treasury Stock [Member]
Shares Acquired Under Stock Repurchases Program, Shares		560,000	0	8,676,706

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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3291-108585

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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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