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Note 12 - Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Payable (Receivable) [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
State income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | $ | 940 |  |  | $ | 36,164 |
Deferred |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Federal income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  | 5,942 |  |  |  | 5,665 |
Deferred |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | 6,882 |  |  | $ | 41,829 |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Current income tax (benefit) expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 277 |  |  | $ | (1,577 | ) |  | $ | (291,334 | )
State(1) |  |  | (35,328 | ) |  |  | (3,924 | ) |  |  | (6,536 | )
Total current income tax (benefit): |  |  | (35,051 | ) |  |  | (5,501 | ) |  |  | (297,870 | )
Total |  | $ | (35,051 | ) |  | $ | (5,501 | ) |  | $ | (297,870 | )
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Association subsidy reserves |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 233 |
Depreciation |  |  | 1,870 |  |  |  | 1,035 |
Inventory impairment loss |  |  | 255,996 |  |  |  | 295,271 |
Uniform capitalization of overhead |  |  | 6,046 |  |  |  | 6,446 |
Warranty and legal reserves |  |  | 16,320 |  |  |  | 19,915 |
Deferred income |  |  | 1,173 |  |  |  | 1,235 |
Acquisition intangibles |  |  | 27,598 |  |  |  | 32,688 |
Restricted stock bonus |  |  | 5,830 |  |  |  | 8,053 |
Rent on abandoned space |  |  | 5,318 |  |  |  | 6,868 |
Stock options |  |  | 5,831 |  |  |  | 1,956 |
Provision for losses |  |  | 32,647 |  |  |  | 28,183 |
Joint venture loss |  |  | 12,496 |  |  |  | 16,172 |
Federal net operating losses |  |  | 528,117 |  |  |  | 444,573 |
State net operating losses |  |  | 180,184 |  |  |  | 180,399 |
Other |  |  | 11,362 |  |  |  | 9,547 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 1,090,788 |  |  |  | 1,052,574 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition intangibles |  |  | 296 |  |  |  | 303 |
Debt repurchase income |  |  | 152,414 |  |  |  | 152,564 |
Other |  |  | 197 |  |  |  | 293 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 152,907 |  |  |  | 153,160 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (937,881 | ) |  |  | (899,414 | )
Net deferred income taxes |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Computed “expected” tax rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of Federal income tax benefit |  |  | (2.6 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | )
Permanent differences, net |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (1.2 | ) |  |  | 1.2 |
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance impact |  |  | (32.3 | ) |  |  | (25.8 | ) |  |  | 65.2 |
Tax contingencies |  |  | 34.8 |  |  |  | (3.2 | ) |  |  | - |
Adjustments to prior years’ tax accruals |  |  | - |  |  |  | (2.8 | ) |  |  | - |
Other |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (0.2 | )
Effective tax rate |  |  | 34.6 | % |  |  | 1.9 | % |  |  | 100.9 | %
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Unrecognized tax benefit—November 1, |  | $ | 26.8 |  |  | $ | 23.0 |
Gross increases—tax positions in current period |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 9.3 |
Decrease related to tax positions taken during a prior period |  |  | (16.2 | ) |  |  | - |
Settlements |  |  | - |  |  |  | (0.4 | )
Lapse of statute of limitations |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  |  | (5.1 | )
Unrecognized tax benefit—October 31, |  | $ | 9.9 |  |  | $ | 26.8 |

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