Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

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	2015			2014			2013
Current:
United States:
Federal	$	980		$	(14,320	)	$	(1,921	)
State	541			(2,676		)	(60		)
Foreign	14,376			18,751			13,719
	15,897			1,755			11,738
Deferred:
United States:
Federal	(1,088		)	134			(1,490		)
State	(451		)	34			(259		)
Foreign	1,279			(6,280		)	156,231
	(260		)	(6,112		)	154,482
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes	$	15,637		$	(4,357	)	$	166,220

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,
	2015		2014		2013
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	%	0.1	%
Foreign tax rate differential	(2.7	)%	(0.8	)%	(9.6	)%
Goodwill impairment	(8.1	)%	(18.7	)%	—	%
Stock-based compensation	(0.3	)%	(0.3	)%	(2.3	)%
Uncertain tax positions	(0.2	)%	(0.2	)%	1.3	%
Valuation allowance	(26.3	)%	(13.6	)%	(260.5	)%
Other	(2.5	)%	(0.9	)%	(1.3	)%
Effective income tax rate	(5.2	)%	1.3	%	(237.3	)%

Components of Net Deferred Income Taxes

The components of net deferred income tax assets/(liabilities) are as follows:

	October 31,
In thousands	2015			2014
Deferred income tax assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	4,784		$	6,748
Unrealized gains and losses	12,463			9,351
Tax loss carry forwards	427,877			419,584
Accruals and other	100,194			80,028
Subtotal of deferred income tax assets	545,318			515,711
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	(4,045		)	(8,411		)
Intangibles	(23,805		)	(26,766		)
Subtotal of deferred income tax liabilities	(27,850		)	(35,177		)
Deferred income tax assets, net	517,468			480,534
Valuation allowance	(541,042		)	(495,938		)
Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(23,574	)	$	(15,404	)

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	2015			2014
Balance, beginning of year	$	12,491		$	11,002
Gross increases related to current year tax positions	—			1,352
Gross increases related to prior period tax positions	1,368			645
Lapse in statute of limitation	(1,063		)	(437		)
Foreign exchange and other	(99		)	(71		)
Balance, end of year	$	12,697		$	12,491