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Employee Benefit Plans (Details Textual) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012 BenefitPlans RetirementPlans | Oct. 31, 2011 | Oct. 31, 2010
Employee Benefit Plans (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of defined contribution retirement plans | 2 |  |
Number of additional defined contribution retirement plans due to acquisition | 3 |  |
Total number of defined benefit plans | 5 |  |
Expenses incurred on defined contribution retirement plans | $ 810,000 | $ 733,000 | $ 639,000
Expenses incurred on defined Benefit retirement plans | $ 16,000 | $ 35,000 | $ 34,000

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- Definition Number of additional defined contribution plans due to acquisition. + References No definition available. + Details
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