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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
INVESTMENTS [Abstract] |
Non-Current Investments | At September 30, 2013 and 2012, non-current investments were as follows:
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Trading securities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Mutual funds |  | $ | 17,929 |  |  | $ | 16,265 |
Equity investments |  |  | 4,359 |  |  |  | 2,577 |
|  | $ | 22,288 |  |  | $ | 18,842 |

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