Closing price of company common stock at issuance date.

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Estimate fair value of restricted stock units issued during the period by the Company.

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Expected life in years share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award fair value assumptions expected term

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Target price of RSU units.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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As of the balance sheet date, the aggregate unrecognized cost of equity-based awards made to employees under equity-based compensation awards that have yet to vest.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Number of shares issued during the period related to Restricted Stock Awards, net of any shares forfeited.

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Stock-Based Benefit Plans (Details 8) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Dec. 19, 2008	Jul. 31, 2012 Stock Price Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Stock Price Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Stock Price Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Stock Price Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Dec. 20, 2011 Stock Price Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Dec. 20, 2010 Stock Price Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]	Dec. 21, 2009 Stock Price Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Stock Price-Based RSUs issued
Issuance of restricted stock and stock units, shares					118,800	0	306,000	200,000
Closing price of the Company's common stock on date of issuance				$ 21.70						$ 19.32	$ 18.38
Target Price										$ 25.12	$ 23.89
Volatility							48.22%	49.92%
Risk-free interest rate							1.99%	2.43%
Expected Life in Years Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term							3 years	3 years
Estimated fair value of restricted stock units issued							$ 4,994	$ 3,160
RSU expense recognized	15,575	12,548	9,689			2,887	3,701	2,121
Aggregate outstanding RSUs						506,000	706,000	400,000
Unamortized value of stock compensation	$ 14,200	$ 12,700	$ 11,100			$ 2,042	$ 4,929	$ 3,636