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Note 3 - Accounting Policies - Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Amortized cost	$ 67,405	$ 27,806
Gross unrealized gains
Gross unrealized losses	(42)	(10)
Estimated fair value	67,363	27,796
Debt Security, Corporate, US [Member]
Amortized cost	16,202	13,003
Gross unrealized gains
Gross unrealized losses	(42)	(10)
Estimated fair value	16,160	12,993
United States Commercial Paper [Member]
Amortized cost	17,402	4,929
Gross unrealized gains
Gross unrealized losses
Estimated fair value	17,402	4,929
Foreign Commercial Paper [Member]
Amortized cost	33,801	9,874
Gross unrealized gains
Gross unrealized losses
Estimated fair value	$ 33,801	$ 9,874

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Amount before tax of unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investments in debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82897076&loc=d3e27161-111563

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