Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for Income Taxes and Effective Tax Rates

The following table presents the provision for income taxes and the effective tax rates:

	Three Months Ended   January 31,
	2015			2014
	(in thousands)
Income before income taxes	$	76,615		$	71,184
Provision (benefit) for income tax	$	11,426		$	3,488
Effective tax rate	14.9		%	4.9		%