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Shareholders' Deficit
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2012
Shareholders' Deficit and Preferred Stock [Abstract]  
Shareholders' Deficit

Note 10. Shareholders’ Deficit

Changes in shareholders’ deficit

Changes in shareholders’ deficit were as follows for the three months ended January 31, 2012:

 

                         
    Total
Shareholders’
Deficit		     Noncontrolling
interest		     Total
Deficit		  

Balance at October 31, 2011

   $ (13,451 )    $ (924 )    $ (14,375 ) 

Sale of Common Stock and related fees

     1,188       —         1,188  

Share-based compensation

     541       —         541  

Common stock issued in settlement of prior year bonus obligation

     550       —         550  

Stock issued under benefit plans

     84       —         84  

Preferred dividends – Series B

     (800 )      —         (800 ) 

Effect of foreign currency translation

     (2 )      —         (2 ) 

Net loss

     (5,943 )      (71 )      (6,014 ) 
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Balance at January 31, 2012

   $ (17,833 )    $ (995 )    $ (18,828 ) 
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

Common Stock Sales

The Company may sell common stock on the open market from time to time to raise funds in order to pay obligations related to the Company’s outstanding Series I and Series B preferred shares. During the three months ended January 31, 2012, we sold 1,267,438 shares of the Company’s common stock on the open market and raised approximately $1.2 million, net of fees.