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Note 5 - Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted-average |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Weighted-average |  |  | Remaining Contractual |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic |
|  | Shares |  |  | Exercise Price |  |  | Life (in years) |  |  | Value (in thousands) |
Balance, December 31, 2014 |  |  | 2,332,904 |  |  | $ | 32.34 |  |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 1,388 |
Exercised |  |  | (3,750 | ) |  |  | 23.37 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (808,670 | ) |  |  | 35.63 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, March 31, 2015 |  |  | 1,520,484 |  |  | $ | 30.62 |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 3,156 |
Exercisable, March 31, 2015 |  |  | 1,520,484 |  |  | $ | 30.62 |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 3,156 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] |
|  | Units |
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  |  | 386,465 |
Granted |  |  | 37,675 |
Vested |  |  | (16,709 | )
Forfeited |  |  | (7,265 | )
Balance at March 31, 2015 |  |  | 400,166 |
Schedule of Tax Benefit (Short-fall) from Share-based Payment Arrangements [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Short-fall of tax deductions in excess of grant-date fair value |  | $ | (4,395 | ) |  | $ | (1,227 | )
Benefit of tax deductions on grant-date fair value |  |  | 4,442 |  |  |  | 1,227 |
Total benefit of tax deductions |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | - |

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