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Note 6 - Warranty Costs (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2015
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended July 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended July 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Balance, beginning of period |  |  | $161,307 |  |  |  | $134,865 |  |  |  | $178,008 |  |  |  | $131,028 |
Additions – Selling, general and administrative |  |  | 4,162 |  |  |  | 4,659 |  |  |  | 13,742 |  |  |  | 13,710 |
Additions – Cost of sales |  |  | 2,905 |  |  |  | 3,574 |  |  |  | 11,721 |  |  |  | 7,702 |
Charges incurred during the period |  |  | (5,796 | ) |  |  | (3,683 | ) |  |  | (40,893 | ) |  |  | (13,025 | )
Changes to pre-existing reserves |  |  | - |  |  |  | (4,220 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (4,220 | )
Balance, end of period |  |  | $162,578 |  |  |  | $135,195 |  |  |  | $162,578 |  |  |  | $135,195 |

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- Definition 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. + References 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 + Details
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