Income (Loss) Per Share Information

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Income (Loss) Per Share Information [Abstract]

Income (Loss) Per Share Information

10. Income (Loss) Per Share Information

Information pertaining to the calculation of income (loss) per share for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2011		2010		2009
Basic weighted-average shares		167,140		165,666		161,549
Common stock equivalents		1,241
Diluted weighted-average shares		168,381		165,666		161,549
Common stock equivalents excluded from diluted weighted-average shares due to anti-dilutive effect (a)		—		1,968		3,936
Weighted average number of anti-dilutive options (b)		7,936		8,401		7,604
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans		2,390		1,712		4,442

(a)	Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options using the treasury stock method. For fiscal 2010 and 2009, there were no incremental shares attributed to outstanding options to purchase common stock because the Company had a net loss in fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009 and any incremental shares would be anti-dilutive.
(b)	Based upon the average quarterly closing price of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE for the period.