Note 20 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

	2014			2013
United States	$	(15,007	)	$	(20,887	)
Foreign		12,851			(10,544	)
	$	(2,156	)	$	(31,431	)

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2014		2013
Current:
Federal	$	-	$	-
State		-		7
Foreign		3,040		979
Total current				986
Deferred:
Federal		-		-
State		-		-
Foreign		-		(173	)
Total deferred		-		(173	)
Total provision for income taxes	$	3,040	$	813

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2014			2013
Provision for income taxes at U.S. Federal statutory rate	$	(755	)	$	(11,001	)
State taxes, net of federal benefit		13			4
Foreign taxes at different rate		(1,444	)		4,500
Non-deductible expenses		(2	)		100
Valuation allowance		6,263			7,078
Other		2			(114	)
Prior year deconsolidation		(1,237	)		-
Impairments and intangible amortization		200			246
	$	3,040		$	813

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2014			2013
Deferred income tax assets:
Net operating loss carry forwards	$	31,785		$	25,458
Temporary differences due to accrued warranty costs		706			684
Temporary differences due to bonus and vacation accrual		16			33
Employment turnover		666			-
Investment in subsidiaries		3,257			-
Credits		16			16
Allowance for bad debts		1,196			2,474
Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition		358			-
Other temporary differences		1,041			595
		39,041			29,260
Valuation allowance		(38,017	)		(29,260	)
Total deferred income tax assets		1,024			-
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition		3,680			-
Total deferred income tax liabilities		3,680			-
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	2,656		$	-