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Interest Income And Interest Expense (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2017
Interest Income And Interest Expense [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Other Income And Other Expenses | The following table shows the components of other income (expense), net:
(in 000s) |
Three months ended July 31, |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Mortgage loans and real estate owned, net |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,537 |
Interest income |  | 1,362 |  |  | 1,066 |
Interest and gains on available-for-sale (AFS) securities |  | 82 |  |  | 31 |
Foreign currency gains (losses), net |  | 131 |  |  | (21 | )
Other, net |  | (355 | ) |  | 28 |
|  | $ | 1,220 |  |  | $ | 2,641 |

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