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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Apr. 30, 2015
Segment
Apr. 30, 2014
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Number of segments     4us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments  
Income tax expense $ 3,728,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (443,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,644,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (4,828,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Liability for uncertain tax positions     12,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense  
Uncertain tax position liabilities excluding interest and penalties 11,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate   11,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate  
Reasonably possible outcome within the next 12 months range, reduction of liability for unrecognized tax benefits excluding penalties and interest 10,000,000us-gaap_DecreaseInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossible   10,000,000us-gaap_DecreaseInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossible  
Reasonably possible outcome within the next 12 months range, increase of liability for unrecognized tax benefits excluding penalties and interest 4,000,000us-gaap_IncreaseInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossible   4,000,000us-gaap_IncreaseInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossible  
Foreign Tax Authority        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Tax expense, other comprehensive income     4,000,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
 
Income tax expense     $ 6,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember