LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Interest Rate Swaps pertaining to Senior Notes offered

The following table summarizes the company's long-term senior notes and the related interest rate swaps:

	October 31, 2013						October 31, 2012
	Amortized Principal		Swap		Total		Amortized Principal		Swap		Total
	(in millions)
2015 Senior Notes	500		12		512		499		18		517
2017 Senior Notes	599		22		621		599		26		625
2020 Senior Notes	498		26		524		498		29		527
2022 Senior Notes	399		—		399		399		—		399
2023 Senior Notes	597		—		597		—		—		—
Total	$	2,593	$	60	$	2,653	$	1,995	$	73	$	2,068