Note 21 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2014

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21. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-04, “Receivables - Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors,” which clarifies when an in substance repossession or foreclosure of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan has occurred. By doing so, this guidance helps determine when the creditor should derecognize the loan receivable and recognize the real estate property. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2015 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.