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Note 12 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Payable Receivable [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended October 31,
(In thousands)		2013				2012
State income taxes:
Current			$3,301				$940
Deferred			-				-
Federal income taxes:
Current			-				5,942
Deferred			-				-
Total			$3,301				$6,882

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended October 31,
(In thousands)		2013				2012				2011
Current income tax (benefit) expense:
Federal			$(9,878	)			$277				$(1,577	)
State (1)			518				(35,328	)			(3,924	)
Total current income tax (benefit):			(9,360	)			(35,051	)			(5,501	)
Total deferred income tax (benefit):			-				-				-
Total			$(9,360	)			$(35,051	)			$(5,501	)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended October 31,
(In thousands)		2013				2012
Deferred tax assets:
Depreciation			$2,345				$1,870
Inventory impairment loss			230,553				255,996
Uniform capitalization of overhead			6,208				6,046
Warranty and legal reserves			15,571				16,320
Deferred income			551				1,173
Acquisition intangibles			22,523				27,598
Restricted stock bonus			5,781				5,830
Rent on abandoned space			3,591				5,318
Stock options			6,994				5,831
Provision for losses			38,923				32,647
Joint venture loss			5,360				12,496
Federal net operating losses			542,409				528,117
State net operating losses			182,940				180,184
Other			16,350				11,362
Total deferred tax assets			1,080,099				1,090,788
Deferred tax liabilities:
Acquisition intangibles			351				296
Debt repurchase income			152,450				152,414
Other			164				197
Total deferred tax liabilities			152,965				152,907
Valuation allowance			(927,134	)			(937,881	)
Net deferred income taxes			$-				$-

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended October 31,
		2013				2012				2011
Computed “expected” tax rate			35.0	%			35.0	%			35.0	%
State income taxes, net of Federal income tax benefit			14.0				(2.6	)			(0.1	)
Permanent differences, net			11.3				(0.3	)			(1.2	)
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance impact			(66.2	)			(32.3	)			(25.8	)
Tax contingencies			(36.8	)			34.8				(3.2	)
Adjustments to prior years’ tax accruals			-				-				(2.8	)
Effective tax rate			(42.7	)%			34.6	%			1.9	%

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

		2013				2012
Unrecognized tax benefit—November 1,			$9.9				$26.8
Gross increases—tax positions in current period			1.2				0.6
Decrease related to tax positions taken during a prior period			(9.3	)			(16.2	)
Lapse of statute of limitations			-				(1.3	)
Unrecognized tax benefit—October 31,			$1.8				$9.9

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