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Taxes (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for Income Taxes and Effective Tax Rates
The following table presents the provision for income taxes and the effective tax rates:
 
Three Months Ended 
 July 31,
 
Nine Months Ended 
 July 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
(in thousands)
 
(in thousands)
Income before income taxes
$
70,771

 
$
58,172

 
$
210,014

 
$
216,609

Provision (benefit) for income tax
$
5,115

 
$
5,875

 
$
13,345

 
$
25,699

Effective tax rate
7.2
%
 
10.1
%
 
6.4
%
 
11.9
%