Borrowing Facilities and Long-Term Debt (Details Textual) (USD $)			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jul. 29, 2012	Oct. 30, 2011	May 31, 2012 Revolving Credit [Member]	Jul. 29, 2012 Revolving Credit [Member]
Borrowing Facilities and Long Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Available revolving credit agreement	$ 1,600,000,000			$ 1,500,000,000
Revolving credit extension period			1 year
Expiration of revolving credit period				May 2016
Other credit facilities	103,000,000
Outstanding credit facilities	$ 0	$ 0

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 129

-Paragraph 2, 4

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

-Article 5

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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