Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Provision for Income Taxes and Effective Tax Rates

The following table presents the provision for income taxes and the effective tax rates:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Income before income taxes	$	71,184		$	71,730
Provision for income tax	$	3,488		$	1,808
Effective tax rate		4.9	%		2.5	%