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Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Note 18. Cash Flow Information

For purposes of the statements of consolidated cash flows, the Company considers investments with purchased maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Substantially all of the Company’s short-term borrowings, excluding the current maturities of long-term borrowings, mature or may require payment within three months or less.

Cash payments by the Company for interest in 2011, 2010 and 2009 were $486 million, $537 million and $743 million, respectively. Cash payments for income taxes during these same periods were $125 million, $60 million and $59 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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