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REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Abstract] |
Schedule of Put Rights [Table Text Block] | A summary of the Put Rights associated with the redeemable noncontrolling interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries as of October 31, 2018 is as follows:
Subsidiary Acquisition Year |  | Operating Segment |  | Company Ownership Interest |  | Earliest Put Right Year |  | Purchase Period (Years)
2005 |  | ETG |  | 95.9% |  | 2019 (1) |  | 4 (2)
2006 |  | FSG |  | 80.1% |  | 2019 (1) |  | 4
2008 |  | FSG |  | 82.3% |  | 2019 (1) |  | 5
2009 |  | ETG |  | 82.5% |  | 2019 (1) |  | 1
2012 |  | ETG |  | 78.0% |  | 2019 (1) |  | 2
2012 |  | FSG |  | 84.0% |  | 2019 (1) |  | 4
2012 |  | FSG |  | 80.1% |  | 2019 (1) |  | 4
2015 |  | FSG |  | 80.0% |  | 2019 |  | 4
2015 |  | FSG |  | 80.1% |  | 2020 |  | 4
2015 |  | ETG |  | 80.1% |  | 2020 |  | 2
2015 |  | FSG |  | 80.1% |  | 2022 |  | 4
2017 |  | FSG |  | 80.1% |  | 2022 |  | 2 (3)
2018 |  | ETG |  | 85.0% |  | 2021 |  | 1
(1) Currently puttable |  |  |  |  |  |
(2) A portion is to be purchased in a lump sum |  |  |  |
(3) The second purchase is to be made two years after the first Put Right Year |  |

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