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Note 6 - Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Year Ended August 31, 2013			U.S.				Europe				Asia Pacific				Total
Revenues from clients			$	586,865			$	208,827			$	62,420			$	858,112
Segment operating profit				138,706				100,187				30,526				269,419
Total assets				444,406				193,202				52,589				690,197
Depreciation and amortization				27,757				4,027				3,995				35,779
Stock-based compensation				37,307				2,264				380				39,951
Capital expenditures				13,649				1,276				3,592				18,517

Year Ended August 31, 2012			U.S.				Europe				Asia Pacific				Total
Revenues from clients			$	550,474			$	197,404			$	57,915			$	805,793
Segment operating profit				149,968				95,417				27,605				272,990
Total assets				377,320				266,967				49,856				694,143
Depreciation and amortization				25,061				4,922				3,796				33,779
Stock-based compensation				20,180				1,680				122				21,982
Capital expenditures				20,408				488				1,624				22,520

Year Ended August 31, 2011			U.S.				Europe				Asia Pacific				Total
Revenues from clients			$	497,564			$	178,693			$	50,253			$	726,510
Segment operating profit				135,327				79,637				23,371				238,335
Total assets				353,205				274,139				30,096				657,440
Depreciation and amortization				27,463				6,092				3,292				36,847
Stock-based compensation				23,091				2,364				318				25,773
Capital expenditures				20,588				2,770				5,985				29,343

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

Years Ended August 31,		2013				2012				2011
*Revenues**
United States		$	586,865			$	550,474			$	497,564
United Kingdom			121,072				114,435				104,698
All other European countries			87,755				82,969				73,995
Asia Pacific			62,420				57,915				50,253
Total revenues		$	858,112			$	805,793			$	726,510

Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block]

At August 31,		2013				2012				2011
*Long-lived Assets***
United States		$	51,184			$	60,288			$	60,092
United Kingdom			4,806				5,466				6,863
Philippines			3,228				3,420				4,181
India			1,753				2,921				4,453
France			1,701				2,079				2,859
All other European countries			1,350				872				1,216
All other Asia Pacific countries			1,349				1,484				1,956
Total long-lived assets		$	65,731			$	76,530			$	81,620

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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