Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)	Aug. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013
Preferred stock authorized (in shares)	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock issued (in shares)	0	0
Apollo Class A treasury stock (in shares)	79,585,000	75,182,000
Apollo Class A nonvoting common stock [Member]
Common stock authorized (in shares)	400,000,000	400,000,000
Common stock issued (in shares)	188,007,000	188,007,000
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	108,422,000	112,825,000
Apollo Class B voting common stock [Member]
Common stock authorized (in shares)	3,000,000	3,000,000
Common stock issued (in shares)	475,000	475,000
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	475,000	475,000