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Note 6 - Dividends	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements
Dividends [Text Block]	(6) Dividends In 2010, we announced 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 three quarters of 2025 and 2024 which totaled $14.7 million in each period.

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