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Stock Repurchase Program (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2011
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract] |
Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (in thousands, except per share price) |
Shares repurchased |  |  | 15,144 |  |  |  | 8,236 |  |  |  | — |
Average purchase price |  | $ | 26.53 |  |  | $ | 22.42 |  |  |  | — |
Aggregate purchase price (1) |  | $ | 401.8 |  |  | $ | 184.7 |  |  |  | — |
Reissuance of treasury stock |  |  | 9,973 |  |  |  | 9,770 |  |  |  | 5,159 |
(1) | Does not include $33.3 million equity forward contract related to the above referenced ASR.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's treasury stock, including the average cost per share, carrying basis for each class of treasury stock, description of share repurchase program authorized by an entity's board of directors, the number of shares repurchased, the cost of the shares repurchased, the remaining maximum dollar value of shares available for repurchase under the program, the treatment of the purchase price in excess of the current market value, number of shares held for each class of treasury stock, and other information necessary to a fair presentation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405834&loc=d3e23285-112656 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405834&loc=d3e23309-112656 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405834&loc=d3e23315-112656 + Details
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