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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2015
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS |
Components of Pension and Postretirement Benefit Costs | The worldwide components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following in millions of dollars:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | July 31 |  | July 31 |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Service cost |  | $ | 70 |  | $ | 61 |  | $ | 212 |  | $ | 184 |
Interest cost |  |  | 118 |  |  | 119 |  |  | 356 |  |  | 358 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (192) |  |  | (192) |  |  | (577) |  |  | (578) |
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 55 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 165 |  |  | 129 |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 7 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 18 |
Settlements/curtailments |  |  | 4 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 8 |
Net cost |  | $ | 62 |  | $ | 39 |  | $ | 180 |  | $ | 119 |
The worldwide components of net periodic postretirement benefits cost (health care and life insurance) consisted of the following in millions of dollars:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | July 31 |  | July 31 |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Service cost |  | $ | 12 |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 35 |  | $ | 33 |
Interest cost |  |  | 65 |  |  | 66 |  |  | 194 |  |  | 197 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (14) |  |  | (18) |  |  | (42) |  |  | (53) |
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 22 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 68 |  |  | 25 |
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (19) |  |  |  |  |  | (57) |  |  | (2) |
Net cost |  | $ | 66 |  | $ | 67 |  | $ | 198 |  | $ | 200 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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