Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Provision/(Benefit) for Income Taxes from Continuing Operations

A summary of the provision/(benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations is as follows:

	Year Ended October 31,
In thousands	2013			2012			2011
Current:
Federal	$	(1,921	)	$	(2,322	)	$	(2,860	)
State		(60	)		(105	)		(732	)
Foreign		13,719			15,574			13,067
		11,738			13,147			9,475
Deferred:
Federal	$	(1,490	)	$	152		$	(182	)
State		(259	)		322			(33	)
Foreign		156,231			(9,717	)		(27,728	)
		154,482			(9,243	)		(27,943	)
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes	$	166,220		$	3,904		$	(18,468	)

Schedule of Effective Federal Income Tax Rates, Computed and Expected

A reconciliation of the effective income tax rate to a computed “expected” statutory federal income tax rate is as follows:

	Year Ended October 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Computed “expected” statutory federal income tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		0.1			0.8			1.7
Foreign tax rate differential		(9.2	)		(11.2	)		(12.2	)
Foreign tax exempt income		—			36.8			14.3
Goodwill impairment		—			—			(58.0	)
Stock-based compensation		(2.2	)		(24.9	)		(4.3	)
Uncertain tax positions		1.2			12.5			163.2
Valuation allowance		(250.8	)		(88.0	)		(90.1	)
Other		(1.2	)		9.7			(6.1	)
Effective income tax rate		(227.1	)%		(29.3	)%		43.5	%

Components of Net Deferred Income Taxes

The components of net deferred income taxes are as follows:

	October 31,
In thousands	2013			2012
Deferred income tax assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts		8,082			7,532
Unrealized gains and losses		15,342			5,541
Tax loss carry forwards		385,375			342,529
Accruals and other		82,768			79,090
		491,567			434,692
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization		(15,155	)		(12,923	)
Intangibles		(27,244	)		(25,705	)
		(42,399	)		(38,628	)
Deferred income taxes		449,168			396,064
Valuation allowance		(459,068	)		(254,490	)
Net deferred income taxes	$	(9,900	)	$	141,574

Summary of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Excluding Interest and Penalties and Related Tax Carry Forwards)

The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits (excluding interest and penalties and related tax carry forwards):

	Year Ended October 31,
In thousands	2013			2012
Balance, beginning of year	$	10,787		$	10,401
Gross increases related to current year tax positions		1,255			1,166
Settlements		—			—
Lapse in statute of limitation		(866	)		(598	)
Foreign exchange and other		(174	)		(182	)
Balance, end of year	$	11,002		$	10,787