Other (Expense) Income, Net

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Other (Expense) Income, Net

Other (Expense) Income, Net

Note 13. Other (expense) income, net

The following table presents the components of other (expense) income, net:

	Three Months Ended July 31,						Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
	(in thousands)
Interest income	$	521		$	1,315		$	1,686		$	4,545
(Loss) gain on assets related to deferred compensation plan		(2,774	)		(2,165	)		5,845			3,662
Foreign currency exchange (loss) gain		(483	)		(1,234	)		1,732			(1,201	)
Write-down of long-term investments		—			(468	)		(999	)		(468	)
Other, net (1)		524			(494	)		768			1,571
Total	$	(2,212	)	$	(3,046	)	$	9,032		$	8,109

(1) Includes a $0.8 million gain on the sale of an equity investment during the three and nine months ended July 31, 2011, and a $2.1 million gain on the sale of an equity investment during the nine months ended July 31, 2010.