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Note 19 - Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
19
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION
S
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In the
second
quarter of
2015,
the Company engaged Raymond James & Associates, an affiliate of Eagle Asset Management, to provide investment banking services related to a possible disposition of the Company’s Tubular Products business. This contract was terminated in
May 
2016.
Eagle Asset Management was a substantial stockholder of the Company (owning more than
ten
percent of the Company’s common stock) until
September 
30,
2015,
when Eagle Asset Management reported that it then owned less than
five
percent of the Company’s common stock. A nominal amount of reimbursable expenses were incurred by Raymond James during
2015.