Dividends (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Dividends
Cash dividends declared and paid to JDFS	$ 485.0	$ 140.0	$ 165.0

Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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