Related Party Transactions and Operating Lease Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions and Operating Lease Commitments [Abstract]

Summary of significant related party transactions

 A summary of significant related party transactions follows:

	Year Ended October 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Rent expense paid to affiliated entities
for operating facilities	$	517,000	$	517,000	$	517,000
Sales of office products, office furniture and printing services to affiliated entities		968,000		951,000		913,000

Future minimum rental commitments

Future minimum rental commitments for all non-cancelable operating leases including related party commitments with initial terms of one year or more consisted of the following at October 31, 2012:

2013	$	1,036,560
2014		600,904
2015		165,124
2016		162,837
2017		97,307
	$	2,062,732