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Note 17 - Warranty Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended October 31,
(In thousands)		2013				2012
Balance, beginning of period			$121,149				$123,865
Additions – Selling, general and administrative			18,676				13,438
Additions – Cost of sales			13,529				17,509
Charges incurred during the period			(22,511	)			(33,663	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves			185				-
Balance, end of period			$131,028				$121,149

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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