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Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2012
Shareholders’ Deficit [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stockholders Equity [Table Text Block] | Changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit) were as follows for the nine months ended July 31, 2012:
| Total Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) |  | Noncontrolling interest |  | Total Equity (Deficit)
Balance at October 31, 2011 | $ | (13,451 | ) |  | $ | (924 | ) |  | $ | (14,375 | )
Sale of Common Stock and related fees | 64,003 |  |  | — |  |  | 64,003 |
Share-based compensation | 1,517 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,517 |
Common stock issued in settlement of prior year bonus obligation | 550 |  |  | — |  |  | 550 |
Stock issued under benefit plans, net of taxes paid upon vesting of restricted stock awards | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | )
Sale of noncontrolling interest in subsidiary | — |  |  | 954 |  |  | 954 |
Preferred dividends – Series B | (2,401 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,401 | )
Other comprehensive loss - foreign currency translation adjustments | (80 | ) |  | — |  |  | (80 | )
Net loss | (24,157 | ) |  | (230 | ) |  | (24,387 | )
Balance at July 31, 2012 | $ | 25,979 |  |  | $ | (200 | ) |  | $ | 25,779 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of changes in the separate accounts comprising stockholders' equity (in addition to retained earnings) and of the changes in the number of shares of equity securities during at least the most recent annual fiscal period and any subsequent interim period presented is required to make the financial statements sufficiently informative if both financial position and results of operations are presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 + Details
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