FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS, Level 3 valuation inputs (2) (Details 5)	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2014
Intellectual Property [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Annual attrition rate		20.00%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Measurements, Valuation Techniques	Excess Earnings
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Intellectual Property [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Measurements, Valuation Techniques	Relief from Royalty
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		19.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Royalty Rate		6.00%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Measurements, Valuation Techniques	Relief from Royalty
Minimum [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		15.00%
Annual attrition rate		25.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		14.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Royalty Rate		1.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		19.00%
Annual attrition rate		30.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		18.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Royalty Rate		2.50%

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bbb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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