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NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2011
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
14. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board amended Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05, Comprehensive Income, Presentation of Comprehensive Income, which will require companies to present the components of net income and other comprehensive income either as one continuous statement or as two consecutive statements. It eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity. The guidance in ASU 2011-05 does not change the items which must be reported in other comprehensive income, how such items are measured, or when they must be reclassified to net income. The guidance in ASU 2011-05 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and should be applied retrospectively. Since the provisions of ASU 2011-05 are presentation related only, we do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-05 to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.