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LONG-TERM DEBT (Details Textuals) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Jul. 31, 2013 | Jan. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012
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Long Term Debt (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |
Weighted average interest rate | 1.30% |  | 1.20%
Deferred Finance Costs, Noncurrent, Gross |  | $ 0.6 |

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- Definition Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, of capitalized costs associated with the issuance of debt instruments (for example, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs) that will be charged against earnings in periods after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, over the life of the long-term debt instruments to which such costs pertain. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28555-108399 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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