Financial Instruments and Commodity Contracts - Narrative (Details) (USD $)						3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2014 Interest Rate Contract [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Interest Rate Contract [Member]	Oct. 31, 2009 Call Option [Member] Convertible Subordinated Debt [Member] Manufacturing Operations [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Steel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Steel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Diesel Fuel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Diesel Fuel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Mexican Financial Services [Member] Interest Rate Cap [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Mexican Financial Services [Member] Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Payments for Derivative Instrument, Investing Activities						$ 125,000,000
Derivative, Amount of Hedged Item	0
Derivative, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash			0
Exposure to Credit Risk	3,000,000	5,000,000
Derivative, Notional Amount				$ 30,000,000	$ 45,000,000		$ 11,000,000	$ 11,000,000	$ 6,000,000	$ 2,000,000	$ 78,000,000	$ 135,000,000