FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS, Assets and liabilities and related impairment losses (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 159,058	$ 184,568
Trade Names [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets, Carrying Amount	55,121	56,990
Impairment of Non-amortizing Trade Name	(1,700)
Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of Customer Relationship	(7,500)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	97,677	118,340
Electronic Technologies Group [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets	(9,200)
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets, Carrying Amount	9,500
Impairment of Non-amortizing Trade Name	(1,700)
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Customer Relationships, Gross	15,316
Impairment of Customer Relationship	(7,500)
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Indefinite-Lived Trade Names	7,800
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 7,816