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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 decreased to 29.0% from 29.5% in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. The decrease principally reflects the benefit from the Company's decision to not make a provision for U.S. income taxes on the undistributed earnings of a fiscal 2015 foreign acquisition with operations in lower tax rate jurisdictions. The Company's effective tax rate in both the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and 2015 reflects a similar economic benefit from a retroactive extension of the U.S. federal R&D tax credit that resulted in an additional income tax credit recognized for qualified R&D activities for the last ten months of the respective prior fiscal year.