REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Abstract]

Schedule of Put Rights [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Put Rights associated with the redeemable noncontrolling interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries is as follows as of October 31, 2015:

Subsidiary Acquisition Year	Operating Segment	Company Ownership Interest	Earliest Put Right Year	Purchase Period Years
2005	ETG	95.9%	2016 (1)	4 (2)
2006	FSG	80.1%	2016 (1)	4
2008	FSG	82.3%	2016	5
2009	ETG	82.5%	2016 (1)	1
2011	FSG	80.1%	2016 (1)	2
2012	ETG	78.0%	2017	2
2012	FSG	84.0%	2018	4
2012	FSG	80.1%	2019	4
2015	FSG	80.0%	2019	4
2015	FSG	80.1%	2020	4
2015	FSG	80.1%	2022	4
2015	ETG	80.1%	2020	2
(1) Currently puttable
(2) A portion is to be purchased in a lump sum