RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of net pension and post-retirement benefit costs

Components of net periodic costs. For the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, our net pension and post retirement benefit costs were comprised of the following:

	Pensions
	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans						U.S. Post Retirement Benefit Plans
	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012
	(in millions)
Service cost—benefits earned during the period	$	11		$	10		$	9		$	8		$	1		$	1
Interest cost on benefit obligation	6			7			17			19			3			4
Expected return on plan assets	(13		)	(11		)	(24		)	(23		)	(5		)	(5		)
Amortization:
Actuarial losses	4			1			14			10			4			4
Prior service cost	(3		)	(3		)	—			—			(8		)	(9		)
Total net plan costs	$	5		$	4		$	16		$	14		$	(5	)	$	(5	)

	Pensions
	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans						U.S. Post Retirement Benefit Plans
	Six Months Ended April 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012
	(in millions)
Service cost—benefits earned during the period	$	22		$	20		$	18		$	16		$	2		$	2
Interest cost on benefit obligation	12			14			35			37			6			8
Expected return on plan assets	(26		)	(23		)	(49		)	(46		)	(10		)	(10		)
Amortization:
Actuarial losses	7			3			28			21			9			8
Prior service cost	(6		)	(6		)	—			—			(17		)	(18		)
Total net plan costs	$	9		$	8		$	32		$	28		$	(10	)	$	(10	)