Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
May 02, 2014	Apr. 26, 2013	May 02, 2014	Apr. 26, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 929,730	$ 1,360,435	$ 1,769,042	$ 2,510,312
Cost of sales	651,592	909,179	1,255,770	1,682,328
Product development, selling and administrative expenses	154,534	172,953	307,563	330,234
Other income	(2,138)	(330)	(5,278)	(2,035)
Operating income	125,742	278,633	210,987	499,785
Interest income	2,293	1,843	4,876	3,644
Interest expense	(16,141)	(17,028)	(32,544)	(33,982)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	111,894	263,448	183,319	469,447
Provision for income taxes	37,943	81,669	60,507	145,529
Income from continuing operations	73,951	181,779	122,812	323,918
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	(223)	0	(225)
Net income	$ 73,951	$ 181,556	$ 122,812	$ 323,693
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.74	$ 1.71	$ 1.22	$ 3.05
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Net income (in dollars per share)	$ 0.74	$ 1.71	$ 1.22	$ 3.05
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.73	$ 1.69	$ 1.20	$ 3.02
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Net income (in dollars per share)	$ 0.73	$ 1.69	$ 1.20	$ 3.02
Dividends per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.175	$ 0.175	$ 0.35	$ 0.35
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	100,346	106,426	101,071	106,334
Diluted (in shares)	101,203	107,413	101,935	107,325

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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