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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2017
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, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Segment |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | FSG |  | ETG |
Balances as of October 31, 2016 |  |  | $336,681 |  |  |  | $529,036 |  |  |  | $865,717 |
Goodwill acquired |  | 49,297 |  |  | — |  |  | 49,297 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | 3,389 |  |  | 3,575 |  |  | 6,964 |
Balances as of July 31, 2017 |  |  | $389,367 |  |  |  | $532,611 |  |  |  | $921,978 |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | As of July 31, 2017 |  | As of October 31, 2016
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | $280,377 |  |  |  | ($109,195 | ) |  |  | $171,182 |  |  |  | $248,271 |  |  |  | ($88,829 | ) |  |  | $159,442 |
Intellectual property |  | 143,001 |  |  | (41,888 | ) |  | 101,113 |  |  | 139,817 |  |  | (33,291 | ) |  | 106,526 |
Licenses |  | 6,559 |  |  | (2,778 | ) |  | 3,781 |  |  | 6,559 |  |  | (2,325 | ) |  | 4,234 |
Patents |  | 853 |  |  | (537 | ) |  | 316 |  |  | 779 |  |  | (480 | ) |  | 299 |
Non-compete agreements |  | 821 |  |  | (821 | ) |  | — |  |  | 811 |  |  | (811 | ) |  | — |
Trade names |  | 466 |  |  | (108 | ) |  | 358 |  |  | 466 |  |  | (77 | ) |  | 389 |
|  | 432,077 |  |  | (155,327 | ) |  | 276,750 |  |  | 396,703 |  |  | (125,813 | ) |  | 270,890 |
Non-Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | 114,176 |  |  | — |  |  | 114,176 |  |  | 95,973 |  |  | — |  |  | 95,973 |
|  |  | $546,253 |  |  |  | ($155,327 | ) |  |  | $390,926 |  |  |  | $492,676 |  |  |  | ($125,813 | ) |  |  | $366,863 |

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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=35741047&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=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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