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Note 16 - Benefit Plans (Details) - Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Member] - USD ($) |  | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Contribution Plan Maximum Percentage Of Base Earnings Qualifying For Pre-Tax Contributions |  | 100.00% |  |
Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contribution Per Employee, Amount |  | $ 18,000 |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Employee Discretionary Contribution Maximum Amount |  | $ 6,000 |  |
Defined Contribution Plan Parent Company Matching Contribution Percentage | 100.00% | 100.00% |  |
Defined Contribution Plan Percentage Of Base Earnings Qualifying For Parent Company Matching Contribution | 4.50% | 6.00% |  |
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost Recognized |  | $ 3,100,000 | $ 3,100,000 | $ 2,700,000
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Arrangement with Individual Requisite Service Period |  | 3 years |  |
Clayton Holdings, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Defined Contribution Plan Parent Company Matching Contribution Percentage |  | 25.00% |  |

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- Definition Represents the period over which an employee is required to provide service before the company will make discretionary, pro rata (based on eligible pay) cash allocations to each eligible participant’s account, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 70 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942 + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage of employer's matching contributions to a defined contribution plan that vests in a given year. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Maximum amount the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan. + References No definition available. + Details
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