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Note 16 - Warranty Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended October 31,
(In thousands)		2016			2015
Balance, beginning of period		$135,053			$178,008
Additions – Selling, general and administrative		17,363			18,013
Additions – Cost of sales		17,397			15,308
Charges incurred during the period		(29,965	)		(49,131	)
Changes to pre-existing reserves		(9,199	)		(17,125	)
Changes to reserves where corresponding amounts are recorded as receivables from insurance carriers		(9,505	)		(10,020	)
Balance, end of period		$121,144			$135,053

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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
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249

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