CHANGES IN EQUITY (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 27, 2013	Jan. 29, 2012
Beginning balance	$ 586,001	$ 559,756
Net income	2,859	4,841
Other comprehensive income (loss)	8,169	(1,118)
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plans	111	144
Restricted stock awards vesting and expense	269	242
Share-based compensation expense	616	413
Common stock warrants exercised		1,053
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	(4,184)	(885)
Ending balance	593,841	564,446
Common Stock [Member]
Beginning balance	602	597
Beginning balance (in shares)	60,213	59,651
Net income	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	0	0
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plans	1	1
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plans (in shares)	77	122
Restricted stock awards vesting and expense	0	0
Restricted stock awards vesting and expense (in shares)	72	65
Share-based compensation expense	0	0
Common stock warrants exercised		2
Common stock warrants exercised (in shares)		177
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	0	0
Ending balance	603	600
Ending balance (in shares)	60,362	60,015
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Beginning balance	493,411	486,674
Net income	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	0	0
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plans	110	143
Restricted stock awards vesting and expense	269	242
Share-based compensation expense	616	413
Common stock warrants exercised		1,051
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	579	151
Ending balance	494,985	488,674
Retained Earnings [Member]
Beginning balance	41,473	13,605
Net income	2,323	4,268
Other comprehensive income (loss)	0	0
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plans	0	0
Restricted stock awards vesting and expense	0	0
Share-based compensation expense	0	0
Common stock warrants exercised		0
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	0	0
Ending balance	43,796	17,873
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Beginning balance	15,900	10,171
Net income	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	7,939	(1,393)
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plans	0	0
Restricted stock awards vesting and expense	0	0
Share-based compensation expense	0	0
Common stock warrants exercised		0
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	(27)	(5)
Ending balance	23,812	8,773
Non-controlling Interest [Member]
Beginning balance	34,615	48,709
Net income	536	573
Other comprehensive income (loss)	230	275
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plans	0	0
Restricted stock awards vesting and expense	0	0
Share-based compensation expense	0	0
Common stock warrants exercised		0
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	(4,736)	(1,031)
Ending balance	$ 30,645	$ 48,526