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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of net pension and post-retirement benefit costs
Components of net periodic costs. For the three months ended January 31, 2015 and 2014, our net pension and post-retirement benefit costs were comprised of the following:
 
 
Pensions
 
 
 
U.S. Defined Benefit Plans
 
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit
Plans
 
U.S. Post-Retirement
Benefit Plan
 
Three Months Ended January 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
(in millions)
Service cost—benefits earned during the period
$
5

 
$
—

 
$
4

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

Interest cost on benefit obligation
5

 
—

 
11

 
—

 
2

 
—

Expected return on plan assets
(9
)
 
—

 
(19
)
 
—

 
(4
)
 
—

Amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net actuarial losses
1

 
—

 
7

 
—

 
3

 
—

Prior service credit
(2
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(5
)
 
—

Allocated benefit cost from Agilent
—

 
1

 
—

 
3

 
—

 
3

Total periodic benefit cost (benefit)
$
—

 
$
1

 
$
3

 
$
3

 
$
(4
)
 
$
3