Financing (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Financing [Abstract]

Short-term borrowings

Short-term borrowings at March 31, 2012 and October 1, 2011 consist of the following:

	March 31,		October 1,
	2012		2011
	(expressed in thousands)
Bank line of credit, monthly U.S. LIBOR plus 45 basis points (0.70% rate in effect at March 31, 2012), maturing April 2012, with optional month-to-month term renewal and loan repricing until December 2012	$	40,000	$	40,000
Notes payable, non-interest bearing		282		285
Total short-term borrowings	$	40,282	$	40,285