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Other Income (Expense), Net | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2011
Other Income (Expense), Net [Abstract] |
Other (Expense) Income, Net | Note 11. Other Income (Expense), Net The following table presents the components of other income (expense), net:
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Interest income |  | $ | 2,117 |  |  | $ | 5,396 |  |  | $ | 10,831 |
Gain (loss) on investments |  |  | (64 | ) |  |  | 3,846 |  |  |  | (6,442 | )
Gain (loss) on assets related to deferred compensation plan |  |  | 2,426 |  |  |  | 8,810 |  |  |  | 9,969 |
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) |  |  | 1,655 |  |  |  | (1,514 | ) |  |  | 7,097 |
Other, net |  |  | 136 |  |  |  | (1,990 | ) |  |  | 3,364 |
Total |  | $ | 6,270 |  |  | $ | 14,548 |  |  | $ | 24,819 |

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