Other Income - Net Other Income - Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Other Income - Net [Abstract]

Other Income - net [Table Text Block]

The table below provides the components of other income - net for the years ended October 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands):

	2012	2011	2010
Interest income	4,677	5,210	4,370
Income from ancillary businesses	6,607	3,734	5,871
Gibraltar	4,476	1,522	(472	)
Management fee income	2,212	5,137	4,347
Retained customer deposits	3,247	2,076	11,190
Land sales, net	1,425	1,350	918
Other	3,277	4,374	2,089
Total other income - net	25,921	23,403	28,313

Revenues and Expenses of Non Core Ancillary Businesses [Table Text Block]

The table below provides revenues and expenses for the Company's non-core ancillary businesses for the years ended October 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands):

	2012		2011		2010
Revenue	$	67,137	$	60,021	$	51,458
Expense	$	60,529	$	56,287	$	45,587