Duke Energy Corporation is one of America's leading diversified energy companies. At the end of 2008 the company had a balance in tis retained earnings account of $1.6 billion. Compute the missing amounts in the following table, and comment on the company's performance. Specifically, analyze the company's sales growth, profits, profits as a percentage of sales, and dividends declared as a percentage of net income (dollar amounts inbillions).

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2008 2007 2006 S 5.7 10.6 Beginning retained earnings Revenues for the period Expenses for the period Dividends declared S 5.3 12.7 13.2 I1.8 1.2 8.7 5.8