Note 15 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

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

	Fiscal Year Ended December 31,					Nine-Month Transition Period Ended December 31,
	2012		2011			2010
	(in thousands)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes:
Domestic	$	6,326	$	(2,717	)	$	(12,220	)
Foreign		141		2,559			2,436
	$	6,467	$	(158	)	$	(9,784	)

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

	Fiscal Year Ended December 31,						Nine-Month Transition Period Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(in thousands)
Federal:
Current	$	34		$	(2,666	)	$	76
Deferred		15,066			-			-
		15,100			(2,666	)		76
Foreign:
Current		1,373			1,979			(7,961	)
Deferred		-			921			276
		1,373			2,900			(7,685	)
State
Current		(979	)		(8	)		7
Deferred		218			-			-
		(761	)		(8	)		7
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes	$	15,712		$	226		$	(7,602	)

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

	Fiscal Year Ended December 31,						Nine-Month Transition Period Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State taxes, net of federal benefit		15.1	%		-1.9	%		0.0	%
Foreign losses not benefited		-0.6	%		-19.6	%		1.2	%
Changes in tax reserves		0.0	%		640.3	%		-78.2	%
Change in valuation allowance		-297.8	%		5852.1	%		-33.6	%
Distributions from foreign subsidiaries		-4.9	%		-6599.8	%		-3.8	%
Other permanent differences		24.6	%		143.2	%		1.7	%
		-228.6	%		49.3	%		-77.7	%

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

	December 31,
	2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
NOL carryover	$	40,771		$	58,870
Research and development credits		29,659			29,659
Compensatory and other accruals		1,200			688
Foreign tax credits		7,528			10,035
Fixed assets		-			155
Other, net		2,901			2,693
Gross deferred tax assets		82,059			102,100
Deferred tax liabilities:
Unremitted earnings		(29,425	)		(30,667	)
Unrealized loss on investments		(321	)		(229	)
Intangible assets		(8,886	)		-
Fixed assets		(4,403	)		-
Other, net		-			(30	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities		(43,035	)		(30,926	)
Valuation allowance		(37,173	)		(69,508	)
Deferred tax assets, net	$	1,851		$	1,666

Schedule of Classification in the Balance Sheet of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Other current assets	$	188		$	-
Other long-term assets		1,696			1,711
Total deferred tax assets		1,884			1,711
Deferred tax liabilities:
Other current liabilities		-			(15	)
Other long-term liabilities		(33	)		(30	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(33	)		(45	)
	$	1,851		$	1,666

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

	Fiscal Year Ended December 31,						Nine-Month Transition Period Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	29,903		$	31,818		$	23,925
Tax positions related to current year:
Additions		-			-			84
Tax positions related to prior years:
Additions		-			951			7,809
Settlements		(3,484	)		(2,866	)		-
Balance at end of period	$	26,419		$	29,903		$	31,818