Income Taxes - Rate Reconciliation Between Provision for Income Taxes and Taxes Computed at Statutory Federal Rate (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Federal research and development tax credit	$ 19
Federal research and development tax credit, expiry date	Dec. 31, 2013

Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to research tax credit.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 12

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 13

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32698-109319

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