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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Profitability and Segment Assets | The profitability of each of the segments is measured after excluding items such as transformational initiatives, acquisition and integration costs, amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations, interest income, interest expense and other items as noted in the reconciliations below:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| July 31, |  | July 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
| (in millions)
Net Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life Sciences and Applied Markets | $ | 680 |  |  | $ | 557 |  |  | $ | 2,076 |  |  | $ | 1,721 |
Diagnostics and Genomics | 346 |  |  | 241 |  |  | 955 |  |  | 753 |
Agilent CrossLab | 560 |  |  | 463 |  |  | 1,628 |  |  | 1,382 |
Total net revenue | $ | 1,586 |  |  | $ | 1,261 |  |  | $ | 4,659 |  |  | $ | 3,856 |
Segment Income From Operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life Sciences and Applied Markets | $ | 170 |  |  | $ | 126 |  |  | $ | 523 |  |  | $ | 382 |
Diagnostics and Genomics | 78 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 202 |  |  | 132 |
Agilent CrossLab | 164 |  |  | 132 |  |  | 447 |  |  | 373 |
Total segment income from operations | $ | 412 |  |  | $ | 299 |  |  | $ | 1,172 |  |  | $ | 887 |
The following table reflects segment assets under our management reporting system. Segment assets include allocations of corporate assets, goodwill, net other intangibles and other assets. Unallocated assets primarily consist of cash, cash equivalents, the valuation allowance relating to deferred tax assets and other assets.
| July 31, 2021 |  | October 31, 2020
| (in millions)
Segment Assets: |  |  |
Life Sciences and Applied Markets | $ | 3,116 |  |  | $ | 3,143 |
Diagnostics and Genomics | 3,278 |  |  | 2,515 |
Agilent CrossLab | 1,456 |  |  | 1,375 |
Total segment assets | $ | 7,850 |  |  | $ | 7,033 |
Reconciliation of segment results to total enterprise results | The following table reconciles segment income from operations to Agilent’s total enterprise income before taxes:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| July 31, |  | July 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
| (in millions)
Total segment income from operations | $ | 412 |  |  | $ | 299 |  |  | $ | 1,172 |  |  | $ | 887 |
Transformational initiatives | (12) |  |  | (13) |  |  | (32) |  |  | (41) |
Amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations | (53) |  |  | (45) |  |  | (143) |  |  | (139) |
Acquisition and integration costs | (10) |  |  | (9) |  |  | (32) |  |  | (33) |
Asset impairment | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2) |  |  | (99) |
Business exit and divestiture costs | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4) |  |  | — |
Other(1) | (1) |  |  | (2) |  |  | (7) |  |  | (28) |
Interest income | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 7 |
Interest expense | (21) |  |  | (19) |  |  | (60) |  |  | (59) |
Other income (expense), net (2) | 12 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 64 |
Income before taxes, as reported | $ | 327 |  |  | $ | 219 |  |  | $ | 912 |  |  | $ | 559 |
(1) For the nine months ended July 31, 2020, the other category primarily includes the legal costs related to a claim we pursued against Twist Bioscience Corporation in addition to other miscellaneous adjustments. (2) For the nine months ended July 31, 2020 other income (expense), net includes the settlement of the legal claim against Twist Bioscience Corporation.

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