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Financial Services (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2011
Segment Information and Financial Services [Abstract] |
Financial services Income Loss |
|  | Years Ended November 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Insurance commissions |  | $ | 7,188 |  |  | $ | 7,235 |  |  | $ | 7,220 |
Title services |  |  | 1,983 |  |  |  | 992 |  |  |  | 1,184 |
Marketing services fees |  |  | 1,125 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Interest income |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 31 |
Total |  |  | 10,304 |  |  |  | 8,233 |  |  |  | 8,435 |
Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General and administrative |  |  | (3,512 | ) |  |  | (3,119 | ) |  |  | (3,251 | )
Operating income |  |  | 6,792 |  |  |  | 5,114 |  |  |  | 5,184 |
Equity in income/gain on wind down of unconsolidated joint venture |  |  | 19,286 |  |  |  | 7,029 |  |  |  | 14,015 |
Pretax income |  | $ | 26,078 |  |  | $ | 12,143 |  |  | $ | 19,199 |
Financial services assets liabilities |
|  | November 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 3,024 |  |  | $ | 4,029 |
Receivables |  |  | 25,495 |  |  |  | 1,607 |
Investment in unconsolidated joint venture |  |  | 3,639 |  |  |  | 23,777 |
Other assets |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 30 |
Total assets |  | $ | 32,173 |  |  | $ | 29,443 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |  | $ | 7,494 |  |  | $ | 2,620 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 7,494 |  |  | $ | 2,620 |

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