FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS, Assets and liabilities and related impairment losses (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 204,965	$ 146,181
Indefinite-Lived Trade Names	67,628	54,629
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)	0	(15,000)	$ 0
Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	126,989	89,085
Intellectual Property [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 75,231	55,385
Electronic Technologies Group [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)		(15,000)
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived		(11,200)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net		19,366
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Intellectual Property [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived		(1,900)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net		2,302
Trade Names [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets, Carrying Amount		10,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		(1,900)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net		8,166
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Intellectual Property [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net		402
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Electronic Technologies Group [Member]
Schedule of Impairment Charges, Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Indefinite-Lived Trade Names		$ 8,100