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Note 6 - Dividends	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements
Dividends [Text Block]	(6) Dividends In 2010, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a regular cash dividend program to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter. Quarterly cash dividends of $0.06 per share of common stock were paid in each of the first two quarters of 2024 and 2023 which totaled $9.8 million in each period.

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