Note 9 - Fair Value Accounting (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Marketable Securities, Equity Securities	$ 1,448	$ 1,117

For an unclassified balance sheet, this item represents investments in common and preferred stocks and other forms of securities that provide ownership interests in a corporation.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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