RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of net pension and post-retirement benefit costs

Components of net periodic costs. For the three and nine months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, our net pension and post retirement benefit costs were comprised of the following:



	Pensions
	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans						U.S. Post Retirement Benefit Plans
	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2017			2016			2017			2016			2017			2016
	(in millions)
Service cost—benefits earned during the period	$	—		$	—		$	5		$	5		$	—		$	—
Interest cost on benefit obligation	4			4			3			4			1			1
Expected return on plan assets	(7		)	(6		)	(10		)	(11		)	(1		)	(2		)
Amortization:
Actuarial losses	—			—			9			7			3			3
Prior service credits	—			—			—			—			(2		)	(3		)
Total net plan costs	$	(3	)	$	(2	)	$	7		$	5		$	1		$	(1	)
Curtailments and settlements gains	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—



	Pensions
	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans						U.S. Post Retirement Benefit Plans
	Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017			2016			2017			2016			2017			2016
	(in millions)
Service cost—benefits earned during the period	$	—		$	12		$	13		$	14		$	—		$	—
Interest cost on benefit obligation	12			11			9			12			4			3
Expected return on plan assets	(19		)	(18		)	(30		)	(33		)	(5		)	(5		)
Amortization:	—			—			—			—			—			—
Actuarial losses	2			2			27			21			8			8
Prior service credits	(1		)	(2		)	—			—			(6		)	(8		)
Total net plan costs	$	(6	)	$	5		$	19		$	14		$	1		$	(2	)
Curtailments and settlements gains	$	—		$	(16	)	$	(32	)	$	—		$	—		$	—