Marketable Securities (Summary Of Marketable Securities) (Details) (USD $)
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Jan. 31, 2012
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Apr. 30, 2011
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Schedule Of Marketable Securities [Line Items] | ||||||||
Total, Trading | $ 80,500,000 | $ 71,363,000 | ||||||
Less: current portion of marketable securities, Trading | (7,566,000) | (5,081,000) | ||||||
Non-current marketable securities, Trading | 72,934,000 | 66,282,000 | ||||||
Total, Available-for-Sale | 53,708,000 | [1] | 50,868,000 | [1] | ||||
Less: current portion of marketable securities, Available-for-Sale | (34,513,000) | [1] | (15,787,000) | [1] | ||||
Non-current marketable securities, Available-for-Sale | 19,195,000 | [1] | 35,081,000 | [1] | ||||
Total | 134,208,000 | 122,231,000 | ||||||
Less: current portion of marketable securities | (42,079,000) | (20,868,000) | ||||||
Non-current marketable securities | 92,129,000 | 101,363,000 | ||||||
Mutual Funds [Member]
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Schedule Of Marketable Securities [Line Items] | ||||||||
Total, Trading | 80,500,000 | [2] | 71,363,000 | [2] | ||||
Total | 80,500,000 | [2] | 71,363,000 | [2] | ||||
Investments held in trust under deferred compensation plans | 7,600,000 | 5,100,000 | ||||||
Corporate Bonds [Member]
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Schedule Of Marketable Securities [Line Items] | ||||||||
Total, Available-for-Sale | 45,725,000 | [1] | 40,444,000 | [1] | ||||
Total | 45,725,000 | 40,444,000 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury And Agency Securities [Member]
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Schedule Of Marketable Securities [Line Items] | ||||||||
Total, Available-for-Sale | 2,002,000 | [1] | 9,424,000 | [1] | ||||
Total | 2,002,000 | 9,424,000 | ||||||
Commercial Paper [Member]
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Schedule Of Marketable Securities [Line Items] | ||||||||
Total, Available-for-Sale | 5,981,000 | [1] | 1,000,000 | [1] | ||||
Total | $ 5,981,000 | $ 1,000,000 | ||||||
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Trading Securities Noncurrent No definition available.
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The amount of cash, securities, or other assets held by a third-party trustee pursuant to the terms of an agreement which assets are available to be used by beneficiaries to that agreement only within the specific terms thereof and which agreement is expected to terminate within one year of the balance sheet date (or operating cycle, if longer) at which time the assets held-in-trust will be released or forfeited. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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For an unclassified balance sheet, this item represents investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and which are intended be sold or mature within one year from the balance sheet date or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Total debt and equity financial instruments including: (1) securities held-to-maturity, (2) trading securities, and (3) securities available-for-sale. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Total debt and equity financial instruments including: (1) securities held-to-maturity, (2) trading securities, and (3) securities available-for-sale which are intended to be held for less than one year or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Total debt and equity financial instruments including: (1) securities held-to-maturity and (2) securities available-for-sale that will be held for the long-term. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The total of financial instruments that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term (thus held for only a short period of time) or for debt and equity securities formerly categorized as available-for-sale or held-to-maturity which the entity held as of the date it opted to account for such securities at fair value. An enterprise may also categorize such a security as trading without the intent to sell it in the near term assuming the decision to categorize the security as trading occurred at acquisition. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Financial instruments that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term (thus held for only a short period of time, usually less than one year or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) or for debt and equity securities formerly categorized as available-for-sale or held-to-maturity which the entity held as of the date it opted to account for such securities at fair value. An enterprise may also categorize such a security as trading without the intent to sell it in the near term assuming the decision to categorize the security as trading occurred at acquisition. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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