Note 6 - Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

	Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	(In thousands, except per share amount)
Outstanding at November 1, 2011		4,638		$	14.04
Granted		440			12.20
Exercised		(1,495	)		10.86
Forfeited or expired		(338	)		17.51
Outstanding at July 31, 2012		3,245		$	14.90		5.6	$	12,093
Fully vested and expected to vest at July 31, 2012		3,213		$	14.93		5.5	$	11,991
Exercisable at July 31, 2012		2,165		$	17.29		4.1	$	7,209

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

	Shares			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Remaining Vesting Period		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	(In thousands, except per share amount)
Nonvested at November 1, 2011		394		$	10.53
Granted		455			12.35
Vested		(136	)		11.40
Forfeited		(50	)		9.23
Nonvested at July 31, 2012		663		$	11.70		1.6	$	9,679
Expected to vest		636		$	11.69		1.6	$	9,297

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended July 31,						Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Compensation costs:
Stock options	$	363		$	483		$	1,366		$	1,471
Restricted stock		651			223			1,697			713
Total compensation cost	$	1,014		$	706		$	3,063		$	2,184
Related tax benefit	$	(375	)	$	(245	)	$	(1,088	)	$	(761	)

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended July 31, 2012			Nine Months Ended July 31, 2012
Option valuation assumptions:
Expected dividend yield	None			None
Expected volatility		62.2	%		64.8	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.6	%		0.7	%
Expected term (in years)	4.4			4.5