Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

-Paragraph h

-Article 4

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Income Tax Expense (or Benefit)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6515339

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 9

-Subparagraph (a),(b)

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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Income tax benefit	$ 6,324,000	$ (14,291,000)	$ (63,718,000)	$ (111,803,000)
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefits			16,500,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Income tax benefit	10,200,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Income tax benefit	$ 2,800,000