Stock Based Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Stock Based Benefit Plans (Tables) [Abstract]

Weighted-average assumptions and the fair value used for stock option grants

	2011	2010	2009
Expected volatility	45.38% - 49.46%	46.74% - 51.41%	46.74% - 50.36%
Weighted-average volatility	47.73%	49.51%	48.06%
Risk-free interest rate	1.64% - 3.09%	2.15% - 3.47%	1.24% - 1.90%
Expected life (years)	4.29 - 8.75	4.44 - 8.69	4.29 - 8.52
Dividends	none	none	none
Weighted-average fair value per share of options granted	$7.94	$7.63	$8.60

Stock compensation expense and related income tax benefits related to stock options recognized

	2011			2010		2009
Stock-based compensation expense recognized	$	8,626		$	9,332	$	10,925
Income tax benefit recognized		—	(a)	$	3,266	$	4,370

(a) Due to the losses recognized by the Company over the past several years and its inability to forecast future pre-tax profits, the Company has not recognized or estimated a tax benefit on its stock based compensation expense in fiscal 2011.

Stock option activity for the Company's plans during each of the fiscal years

	2011					2010					2009
				Weighted-					Weighted-					Weighted-
	Number			average		Number			average		Number			average
	of			exercise		of			exercise		of			exercise
	options			price		options			price		options			price
Balance, beginning		14,339		$	19.36		16,123		$	17.73		19,854		$	14.73
Granted		1,103			19.32		1,015			18.39		1,092			21.68
Exercised		(2,467	)		11.07		(2,498	)		8.72		(4,436	)		5.03
Cancelled		(107	)		20.12		(301	)		17.03		(387	)		20.49
Balance, ending		12,868		$	20.94		14,339		$	19.36		16,123		$	17.73
Options exercisable, at October 31,		10,365		$	21.24		11,670		$	19.00		13,171		$	16.53
Options available for grant at October 31,		6,712					8,038					9,168

Information about stock options outstanding and exercisable

	Options outstanding						Options exercisable
			Weighted-						Weighted-
			average						average
			remaining		Weighted-				remaining		Weighted-
Range of	Number		contractual		average		Number		contractual		average
exercise	outstanding		life		exercise		exercisable		life		exercise
prices	(in 000s)		(in years)		price		(in 000s)		(in years)		price
$10.35 - $10.88		2,484		0.8	$	10.66		2,484		0.8	$	10.66
$18.38 - $20.21		5,249		5.1	$	19.36		3,489		3.3	$	19.57
$20.76 - $22.18		2,376		6.5	$	21.13		1,648		2.3	$	21.06
$31.82 - $35.97		2,759		4.0	$	33.04		2,744		4.0	$	33.05
		12,868		4.3	$	20.94		10,365		3.4	$	21.24

Intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable

	2011		2010		2009
Intrinsic value of options outstanding	$	16,839	$	35,214	$	54,646
Intrinsic value of options exercisable	$	16,839	$	35,214	$	54,646

Intrinsic value of options exercised and the fair value of options

	2011		2010		2009
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$	23,573	$	25,327	$	74,659
Fair value of options vested	$	11,027	$	12,336	$	15,528

Information regarding the use of the net exercise method

	2011		2010		2009
Options exercised		194,000		1,201,372		93,000
Shares withheld		98,918		798,420		21,070
Shares issued		95,082		402,952		71,930
Average market value per share withheld	$	18.94	$	17.96	$	21.29
Aggregate market value of shares withheld (in thousands)	$	1,873	$	14,341	$	400

Information regarding the use of the stock swap method

	2011		2010		2009
Options exercised		28,900		29,512		38,379
Shares tendered		14,807		14,459		9,237
Shares issued		14,093		15,053		29,142
Average market value per share withheld	$	20.53	$	19.71	$	21.40
Aggregate market value of shares tendered (in thousands)	$	304	$	285	$	198

Performance - Based Restricted Stock Units

	2011			2010			2009
Performance-Based RSUs issued:
Number issued		306,000			200,000			200,000
Closing price of the Company’s common stock on date of issuance	$	19.32		$	18.38		$	21.70
Target price	$	25.12		$	23.89		$	28.21
Volatility		48.22	%		49.92	%		48.14	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.99	%		2.43	%		1.35	%
Expected life	3.0 years			3.0 years			3.0 years
Aggregate fair value of Performance-Based RSUs issued (in thousands)	$	4,994		$	3,160		$	3,642
Performance-Based RSU expense recognized (in thousands):
Twelve months ended October 31,	$	3,701		$	2,121		$	1,045

	2011		2010		2009
At October 31:
Aggregate outstanding Performance-Based RSUs		706,000		400,000		200,000
Cumulative unamortized value of Performance- Based RSUs (in thousands)	$	4,929	$	3,636	$	2,597

Non-Performance Based Restricted Stock Units

	2011		2010
Non-Performance-Based RSUs issued:
Number issued		15,497		19,663
Closing price of the Company’s common stock on date of issuance	$	19.32	$	18.38
Aggregate fair value of RSUs issued (in thousands)	$	299	$	361
Non-Performance-Based RSU expense recognized (in thousands):
Twelve months ended October 31,	$	144	$	138
At October 31:
Aggregate Non-Performance-Based RSUs outstanding		30,994		19,663
Cumulative unamortized value of Non-Performance-Based RSUs (in thousands)	$	379	$	224

	2011		2010		2009
Shares withheld		741		924		836
Shares issued		8,975		2,749		1,509
Value of shares withheld (in thousands)	$	15	$	17	$	15

Information regarding the Company's employee stock purchase plan

	2011		2010		2009
Shares issued		23,079		23,587		25,865
Average price per share	$	15.59	$	16.20	$	16.49
Compensation expense recognized (in thousands)	$	54	$	57	$	64