Note 10 - Leases (Details Textual) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Sublease Income	$ 5.9	$ 17.7
Lessee, Leases, Residual Value Guarantee, Amount	43.5	$ 43.5
Lessee, Operating Lease, Option To Terminate Term		1 year
Other Assets [Member]
Sales-type Lease, Lease Receivable	$ 5.2	$ 5.2
Minimum [Member]
Lessee, Leases, Term of Contract		1 month
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	1 year	1 year
Lessor, Leases, Term of Contract		1 year
Maximum [Member]
Lessee, Leases, Term of Contract		10 years
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	88 years	88 years
Lessor, Leases, Term of Contract		10 years

The amount of residual value guarantee provided by lessee on leases.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's finance and operating leases, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease option to terminate, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessor's leases, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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- Definition

Present value of lease payments not yet received by lessor and amount expected to be derived from underlying asset, following end of lease term guaranteed by lessee or other third party unrelated to lessor, from sales-type lease.

+ References

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
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- Definition

Amount of sublease income excluding finance and operating lease expense.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
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