Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 25, 2013	Oct. 26, 2012	Oct. 28, 2011
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 5,012,697	$ 5,660,889	$ 4,403,906
Cost of sales	3,389,484	3,783,802	2,897,605
Product development, selling and administrative expenses	680,001	736,776	602,010
Intangible asset impairment charges	155,200	0	0
Other income	(33,649)	(32,248)	(15,888)
Operating income	821,661	1,172,559	920,179
Interest income	8,781	5,831	13,869
Interest expense	(66,285)	(73,259)	(38,180)
Reorganization items	0	0	(35)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	764,157	1,105,131	895,833
Provision for income taxes	230,219	337,870	264,831
Income from continuing operations	533,938	767,261	631,002
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interest	0	(180)	0
Income from continuing operations attributable to Joy Global Inc.	533,938	767,081	631,002
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(225)	(5,060)	(21,346)
Net income	533,713	762,201	609,656
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	0	(180)	0
Net income attributable to Joy Global Inc.	$ 533,713	$ 762,021	$ 609,656
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 5.03	$ 7.25	$ 6.01
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ (0.05)	$ (0.20)
Net income (in dollars per share)	$ 5.03	$ 7.20	$ 5.81
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 4.99	$ 7.18	$ 5.92
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ (0.05)	$ (0.20)
Net income (in dollars per share)	$ 4.99	$ 7.13	$ 5.72
Dividends per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.70	$ 0.70	$ 0.70
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	106,070	105,862	104,916
Diluted (in shares)	106,996	106,889	106,537

Product Development expense includes planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process. Selling and administrative expenses are the aggregate total costs related to selling a firm's product and services, as well as all other general and administrative expenses. Direct selling expenses (for example, credit and advertising) are expenses that can be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Indirect selling expenses are expenses that cannot be directly linked to the sale of specific products, for example telephone expenses, internet, and postal charges. General and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel, rent, utilities, communication, etc.

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