RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

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 nine months ended July 31, 2016 and 2015, 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 July 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015
	(in millions)
Service cost—benefits earned during the period	$	—		$	6		$	5		$	4		$	—		$	1
Interest cost on benefit obligation	4			3			4			6			1			1
Expected return on plan assets	(6		)	(7		)	(11		)	(10		)	(2		)	(2		)
Amortization:
Actuarial losses	—			2			7			6			3			1
Prior service cost	—			(1		)	—			—			(3		)	(3		)
Total net plan costs	$	(2	)	$	3		$	5		$	6		$	(1	)	$	(2	)
Curtailments and settlements	$	—

	Pensions
	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans						U.S. Post Retirement Benefit Plans
	Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015
	(in millions)
Service cost—benefits earned during the period	$	12		$	18		$	14		$	12		$	—		$	3
Interest cost on benefit obligation	11			10			12			18			3			3
Expected return on plan assets	(18		)	(21		)	(33		)	(31		)	(5		)	(6		)
Amortization:
Actuarial losses	2			4			21			19			8			3
Prior service cost	(2		)	(3		)	—			—			(8		)	(9		)
Total net plan costs	$	5		$	8		$	14		$	18		$	(2	)	$	(6	)
Curtailment and settlements	$	(16	)