ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE (Details 3) (USD $) In Millions	9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2010	Jul. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Financing receivables	$ 16,236.1	$ 19,437.0	$ 17,682.2
Retail Notes \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring Measurements \| Level 3
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Financing receivables	3.0	1.0	3.0
Loss on fair value of financing receivables	1
Fair Value, Nonrecurring Measurements \| Level 3
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Financing receivables	26.0	3.0	21.0
Loss on fair value of financing receivables	8
Goodwill			34
Property and equipment held for sale			918
Fair Value, Nonrecurring Measurements \| Level 3 \| Operating Loans
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Financing receivables	1.0	1.0
Fair Value, Nonrecurring Measurements \| Level 3 \| Financing Leases
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Financing receivables	3.0	1.0	1.0
Loss on fair value of financing receivables	4
Fair Value, Nonrecurring Measurements \| Level 3 \| Wholesale Notes
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Financing receivables	19.0		17.0
Loss on fair value of financing receivables	$ 3

The amount of loss on financing receivables where the fair value is measured on a nonrecurring basis.

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- Definition

Long-lived assets that are held for sale apart from normal operations and anticipated to be sold in less than one year.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 157
-Paragraph 33
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

This item represents the cumulative amount paid in excess of fair value for acquired assets from one or more business combinations, after to the initial recording thereof.

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- Definition

Reflects the aggregate carrying amount of all categories of loans and leases held in portfolio, net of unearned income and the allowance for losses on loans and leases.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher AICPA
-Name Statement of Position (SOP)
-Number 01-6
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph e
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6375948&loc=d3e4428-111522

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.7)
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