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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for the nine months ended July 31, 2013 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Segment |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | FSG |  | ETG |
Balances as of October 31, 2012 |  |  | $203,539 |  |  |  | $338,575 |  |  |  | $542,114 |
Goodwill acquired |  | 76,792 |  |  | 122 |  |  | 76,914 |
Adjustments to goodwill |  | (109 | ) |  | — |  |  | (109 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | — |  |  | 652 |  |  | 652 |
Balances as of July 31, 2013 |  |  | $280,222 |  |  |  | $339,349 |  |  |  | $619,571 |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | As of July 31, 2013 |  | As of October 31, 2012
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | $137,810 |  |  |  | ($33,726 | ) |  |  | $104,084 |  |  |  | $102,172 |  |  |  | ($24,038 | ) |  |  | $78,134 |
Intellectual property |  | 62,872 |  |  | (9,166 | ) |  | 53,706 |  |  | 43,093 |  |  | (5,738 | ) |  | 37,355 |
Licenses |  | 2,900 |  |  | (1,315 | ) |  | 1,585 |  |  | 2,900 |  |  | (1,117 | ) |  | 1,783 |
Non-compete agreements |  | 1,231 |  |  | (1,231 | ) |  | — |  |  | 1,339 |  |  | (1,320 | ) |  | 19 |
Patents |  | 640 |  |  | (345 | ) |  | 295 |  |  | 589 |  |  | (309 | ) |  | 280 |
Trade names |  | 566 |  |  | (420 | ) |  | 146 |  |  | 566 |  |  | (336 | ) |  | 230 |
|  | 206,019 |  |  | (46,203 | ) |  | 159,816 |  |  | 150,659 |  |  | (32,858 | ) |  | 117,801 |
Non-Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | 47,282 |  |  | — |  |  | 47,282 |  |  | 36,523 |  |  | — |  |  | 36,523 |
|  |  | $253,301 |  |  |  | ($46,203 | ) |  |  | $207,098 |  |  |  | $187,182 |  |  |  | ($32,858 | ) |  |  | $154,324 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the carrying value of intangible assets both subject to and not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of the company. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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