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Note 16 - Warranty Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended October 31,
(In thousands)		2015			2014
Balance, beginning of period		$178,008			$131,028
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		18,013			18,839
Additions – Cost of sales		15,308			11,115
Charges incurred during the period		(49,131	)		(18,241	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		(17,125	)		(2,600	)
Changes to reserves where corresponding amounts are recorded as receivables from insurance carriers		(10,020	)		37,867
Balance, end of period		$135,053			$178,008

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51674963&loc=d3e12565-110249

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