Note 4 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 01, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

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

	Fiscal Year
	2015			2014			2013
Current:
Federal	$	-		$	(2,435	)	$	(2,804	)
State and local		(39	)		(55	)		172
Foreign		5,601			3,220			5,419
		5,562			730			2,787
Deferred:
Federal		(2,238	)		63,105			1,652
State and local		(290	)		69			(314	)
Foreign		(287	)		507			(201	)
		(2,815	)		63,681			1,137
	$	2,747		$	64,411		$	3,924

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

	Fiscal Year
	2015			2014			2013
United States	$	(6,704	)	$	(2,080	)	$	(4,196	)
Foreign		29,494			24,162			25,081
Earnings before income taxes	$	22,790		$	22,082		$	20,885

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

	Fiscal Year
	2015			2014			2013
Statutory U.S. Federal tax rate		34.0	%		34.0	%		34.0	%
State and local taxes, net of Federal benefit		(1.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.8	)
Foreign tax rate differentials		(22.2	)		(19.6	)		(22.3	)
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets		0.6			2.4			0.4
Adjustment on tax accruals and other		1.3			(3.0	)		4.8
Foreign tax credits		(0.5	)		(0.6	)		(0.3	)
Deferred tax liability on undistributed foreign earnings		-			289.6			-
Claim for refund		-			(10.5	)		-
Permanent differences and other		-			(0.4	)		2.9
		12.1	%		291.7	%		18.7	%

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

	March 1			March 2
	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Depreciation and amortization	$	3,856		$	4,593
Net operating loss carryforwards		14,686			12,210
Tax credits carryforward		1,811			1,695
Stock options		1,899			1,693
Other, net		531			665
		22,783			20,856
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets		(11,887	)		(11,941	)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance		10,896			8,915
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation		(446	)		(867	)
Undistributed earnings		(63,958	)		(63,958	)
Other		(1,257	)		(1,616	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(65,661	)		(66,441	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(54,765	)	$	(57,526	)

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

	Unrecognized Tax Benefits
	March 1,			March 2,			March 3,
	2015			2014			2013
Balance, beginning of year	$	276		$	3,053		$	3,999
Gross decreases-tax positions in prior period		(21	)		(2,776	)		(235	)
Gross increases-current period tax positions		880			-			-
Audit settlements		-			-			(711	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		-			(1	)		-
Balance, end of year	$	1,135		$	276		$	3,053

Summary of Income Tax Examinations [Table Text Block]

California	2011-2015
New York	2012-2015
France	2013-2015
Singapore	2008-2015