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Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2013
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents [Table Text Block] |
| As of
| September 28, 2013 |  | September 29, 2012
| (In thousands)
Cash balances | $ | 402,439 |  |  | $ | 409,183 |
Money market funds | 436 |  |  | 435 |
Total | $ | 402,875 |  |  | $ | 409,618 |

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