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Note 17 - Interest Expense, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Interest Expense Disclosure [Text Block] | NOTE 17 — INTEREST EXPENSE, NET The components of interest expense are as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Interest related to sale of tax benefits |  | $ | 6,985 |  |  | $ | 9,349 |  |  | $ | 9,620 |
Interest expense |  |  | 54,381 |  |  |  | 61,327 |  |  |  | 67,032 |
Less — amount capitalized |  |  | (7,224 | ) |  |  | (3,287 | ) |  |  | (4,075 | )
|  | $ | 54,142 |  |  | $ | 67,389 |  |  | $ | 72,577 |

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