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Interest expense, net (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Interest expense, net [Abstract]

Interest income and interest expense [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended July 31,						Six Months Ended July 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Interest expense		$585			$551			$1,086			$1,071
Interest income	(165		)	(219		)	(295		)	(452		)
Interest expense, net		$420			$332			$791			$619

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Tabular disclosure of the components of non-operating income or non-operating expense that may include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, gains (losses) on securities sold, equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, net gain (loss) on sales of business, interest expense and other miscellaneous income or expense items.

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