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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for the six months ended April 30, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Segment |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | FSG |  | ETG |
Balances as of October 31, 2024 |  | $1,882,558 |  |  | $1,497,737 |  |  | $3,380,295 |
Goodwill acquired |  | 110,707 |  |  | 25,728 |  |  | 136,435 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | 2,245 |  |  | 11,124 |  |  | 13,369 |
Adjustments to goodwill |  | 24 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 55 |
Balances as of April 30, 2025 |  | $1,995,534 |  |  | $1,534,620 |  |  | $3,530,154 |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | As of April 30, 2025 |  | As of October 31, 2024
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $1,092,479 |  |  | ($340,628) |  |  | $751,851 |  |  | $1,013,847 |  |  | ($307,531) |  |  | $706,316 |
Intellectual property |  | 525,355 |  |  | (152,814) |  |  | 372,541 |  |  | 471,516 |  |  | (137,188) |  |  | 334,328 |
Other |  | 8,640 |  |  | (7,950) |  |  | 690 |  |  | 8,575 |  |  | (7,708) |  |  | 867 |
|  | 1,626,474 |  |  | (501,392) |  |  | 1,125,082 |  |  | 1,493,938 |  |  | (452,427) |  |  | 1,041,511 |
Non-Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | 308,549 |  |  | — |  |  | 308,549 |  |  | 293,263 |  |  | — |  |  | 293,263 |
|  | $1,935,023 |  |  | ($501,392) |  |  | $1,433,631 |  |  | $1,787,201 |  |  | ($452,427) |  |  | $1,334,774 |

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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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