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Comprehensive Income and Shareholders Equity (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 2 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2011 | Jul. 31, 2012 | Jul. 31, 2011 | Jul. 31, 2012 | Jul. 31, 2011 | Oct. 31, 2010
Comprehensive Income and Shareholders Equity (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable overstated | $ 19.6 |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation | 19.6 | (61.1) | (23.5) | (46.2) | 0.2 | 24.7
Income tax expense related to derivative |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |
Income tax benefit related to minimum pension liability |  |  |  | 1.5 |  |
Increase in non-controlling interest and corresponding decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income |  |  | $ 24.7 | $ (5.1) |  |

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- Definition Before tax and net of reclassification adjustments of the change in the balance sheet adjustment that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into the reporting currency of the reporting entity. Also includes the following: gain (loss) on foreign currency forward exchange contracts; foreign currency transactions designated as hedges of net investment in a foreign entity and intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; and gain (loss) on a derivative instrument or nonderivative financial instrument that may give rise to a foreign currency transaction gain (loss) that has been designated and qualified as a hedging instrument for hedging of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 830 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 20 -Subparagraph (b,d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6915805&loc=d3e32211-110900 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 11 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=20435746&loc=d3e637-108580 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 10A -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=20435746&loc=SL7669646-108580 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 830 -SubTopic 20 -Section 35 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6939497&loc=d3e30304-110892 + Details
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