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Employee Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Jan. 27, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
Applied sponsors a number of employee benefit plans, including defined benefit plans of certain foreign subsidiaries, and a plan that provides certain medical and vision benefits to eligible retirees. A summary of the components of net periodic benefit costs of these defined and postretirement benefit plans for the three months ended January 27, 2013 and January 29, 2012 is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
January 27,
2013
 
January 29,
2012
(In millions)
Service cost
$
5

 
$
4

Interest cost
4

 
4

Expected return on plan assets
(3
)
 
(3
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
2

 

Net periodic benefit cost
$
8

 
$
5