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Note 13 - Income taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 01, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
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.           Income taxes
 

We recorded a benefit from and provision for income taxes of $0.6 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended November 1, 2014 and November 2, 2013, respectively.  The provision for income taxes was $3.1 million and $9.4 million for the nine months ended November 1, 2014 and November 2, 2013, respectively. The decrease in tax expense is primarily attributable to lower profitability in taxable jurisdictions in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2015 as compared to the same periods in fiscal year 2014 and changes in tax reserves. During the three and nine months ended November 1, 2014 and November 2, 2013, we were unable to reasonably project our annual effective tax rate, and therefore computed our provision for income taxes based on year-to-date actual financial results. Included in our provision for income taxes are foreign exchange gains or losses on unsettled income tax liabilities.