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Employee Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2015
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 25, 2015 and January 26, 2014 is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
January 25,
2015
 
January 26,
2014
(In millions)
Service cost
$
3

 
$
4

Interest cost
4

 
4

Expected return on plan assets
(4
)
 
(3
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
2

 
1

Settlement gain
(1
)
 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
4

 
$
6