Cash Flow Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011
Cash Flow Information
Cash payments for interest	$ 364	$ 506	$ 486
Cash payments for income taxes	$ 228	$ 204	$ 125

The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4297-108586

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