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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
INVESTMENTS [Abstract] |
Non-Current Investments | At September 30, 2014 and 2013, non-current investments were as follows:
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Trading securities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Mutual funds |  | $ | 19,038 |  |  | $ | 17,929 |
Equity investments |  |  | 4,092 |  |  |  | 4,359 |
|  | $ | 23,130 |  |  | $ | 22,288 |

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