Equipment, Furniture and Fixtures

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

As of the dates indicated, equipment, furniture and fixtures are comprised of the following (in thousands):



	October 31, 2011			July 31, 2012
Equipment, furniture and fixtures	$	396,310		$	413,881
Leasehold improvements	50,380			56,107
	446,690			469,988
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(324,132		)	(351,420		)
	$	122,558		$	118,568

Depreciation of equipment, furniture and fixtures, and amortization of leasehold improvements was $37.7 million and $37.5 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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