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Retirement Plans and Post-Retirement Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 04, 2018
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |
Schedule of Net Pension and Post Retirement Benefit Costs [Table Text Block] | Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost
|  | Pension Benefits |  | Post-Retirement Benefits
|  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (In millions)
Service cost |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest cost |  | 51 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (51 | ) |  | (65 | ) |  | (72 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (4 | )
Other |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit (income) cost |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (1 | )
Net actuarial (gain) loss |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | (60 | ) |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 11 |
Schedule of Funded Status of Pension and Post Retirement Benefit Plans [Table Text Block] | Funded Status
|  | Pension Benefits |  | Post-Retirement Benefits
|  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017 |  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017
|  | (In millions)
Change in plan assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets — beginning of period |  | $ | 1,426 |  |  | $ | 1,050 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | 78 |
Actual return on plan assets |  | (65 | ) |  | 108 |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |
Employer contributions |  | 130 |  |  | 361 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Payments from plan assets |  | (93 | ) |  | (93 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Foreign currency impact |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Fair value of plan assets — end of period |  | 1,394 |  |  | 1,426 |  |  | 81 |  |  | 83 |
Change in benefit obligations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Benefit obligations — beginning of period |  | 1,508 |  |  | 1,566 |  |  | 80 |  |  | 79 |
Service cost |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest cost |  | 51 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Actuarial gain |  | (102 | ) |  | (13 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | — |
Benefit payments |  | (93 | ) |  | (93 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Curtailments |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Settlements |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Plan amendment |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency impact |  | (7 | ) |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Benefit obligations — end of period |  | 1,364 |  |  | 1,508 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 80 |
Overfunded (underfunded) status of benefit obligations (a) |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | (82 | ) |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Actuarial losses and prior service costs recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes |  | $ | (110 | ) |  | $ | (85 | ) |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | (6 | )
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(a) | Substantially all amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets were recorded in other long-term assets and other long-term liabilities for all periods presented.
Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | Plans with benefit obligations in excess of plan assets:
|  | Pension Benefits |  | Post-Retirement Benefits
|  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017 |  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017
|  | (In millions)
Projected benefit obligations |  | $ | 551 |  |  | $ | 701 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Accumulated benefit obligations |  | $ | 546 |  |  | $ | 696 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 15 |
Fair value of plan assets |  | $ | 528 |  |  | $ | 603 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligation Less Than Fair Value of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | Plans with benefit obligations less than plan assets:
|  | Pension Benefits |  | Post-Retirement Benefits
|  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017 |  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017
|  | (In millions)
Projected benefit obligations |  | $ | 813 |  |  | $ | 807 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Accumulated benefit obligations |  | $ | 812 |  |  | $ | 805 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 65 |
Fair value of plan assets |  | $ | 866 |  |  | $ | 823 |  |  | $ | 81 |  |  | $ | 83 |
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block] | Expected Future Benefit Payments
Fiscal Years: |  | Pension Benefits |  | Post-Retirement Benefits
|  | (In millions)
2019 |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 3 |
2020 |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 3 |
2021 |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 3 |
2022 |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 3 |
2023 |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 4 |
2024-2028 |  | $ | 445 |  |  | $ | 20 |
Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block] |
|  | Assumptions for Benefit Obligations as of |  | Assumptions for Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost Fiscal Year
|  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Defined benefit pension plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 0.50%-8.00% |  | 0.50%-7.00% |  | 0.50%-7.00% |  | 0.50%-7.00% |  | 0.75%-7.75%
Average increase in compensation levels |  | 2.00%-10.00% |  | 2.00%-11.00% |  | 2.00%-11.00% |  | 2.00%-9.15% |  | 2.50%-11.72%
Expected long-term return on assets |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | 1.50%-7.50% |  | 0.25%-8.00% |  | 1.50%-9.00%
|  | Assumptions for Benefit Obligations as of |  | Assumptions for Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost Fiscal Year
|  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Post-retirement benefits plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 4.30%-4.60% |  | 3.40%-3.80% |  | 3.40%-3.80% |  | 3.30%-3.90% |  | 3.90%-4.50%
Average increase in compensation levels |  | 3.00% |  | 3.00% |  | 3.00% |  | 3.50% |  | 3.50%
Expected long-term return on assets |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | 4.80% |  | 4.40% |  | 5.10%
Pension Plan [Member] |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | Fair Value Measurement of Plan Assets
|  | November 4, 2018
|  | Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using |  |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  | Total
|  | (In millions)
Cash equivalents |  | $ | 36 |  | (a) |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 36 |
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-U.S. equity securities |  | 19 |  | (b) |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | 19 |
Fixed-income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. treasuries |  | — |  |  |  | 80 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 80 |
Corporate bonds |  | — |  |  |  | 1,229 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 1,229 |
Municipal bonds |  | — |  |  |  | 17 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 17 |
Government bonds |  | — |  |  |  | 13 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 13 |
Total plan assets |  | $ | 55 |  |  |  | $ | 1,339 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,394 |
|  | October 29, 2017
|  | Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using |  |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  | Total
|  | (In millions)
Cash equivalents |  | $ | 943 |  | (a) |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 943 |
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-U.S. equity securities |  | 7 |  | (b) |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |
Fixed-income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. treasuries |  | — |  |  |  | 39 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 39 |
Corporate bonds |  | — |  |  |  | 393 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 393 |
Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Municipal bonds |  | — |  |  |  | 25 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 25 |
Government bonds |  | — |  |  |  | 18 |  | (c) |  | — |  |  | 18 |
Total plan assets |  | $ | 950 |  |  |  | $ | 476 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,426 |
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(a) | Cash equivalents primarily included short-term investment funds which consisted of short-term money market instruments that were valued based on quoted prices in active markets.
(b) | These equity securities were valued based on quoted prices in active markets.
(c) | These amounts consisted of investments that were traded less frequently than Level 1 securities and were valued using inputs that included quoted prices for similar assets in active markets and inputs other than quoted prices that were observable for the asset, such as interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, collateral performance, broker/dealer quotes and indices that were observable at commonly quoted intervals.
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the plan asset allocations by category:
|  | November 4, 2018 |  | October 29, 2017
|  | Actual |  | Target |  | Actual |  | Target
Commingled funds - U.S. equities |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | 20 | % |  | 20 | %
Commingled funds - Non-U.S. equities |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 20 |  |  | 20 |
Commingled funds - bonds |  | 100 |  |  | 100 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 60 |
Total |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %

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