General Mills reports the following fiscal year income statements (amounts rounded to whole millions).

* \(\$ 1\) rounding error in subtotal.
Forecast General Mills' fiscal year 2009 income statement assuming the following income statement relations (assume no change for Interest, net). All percentages, other than for net sales growth and income taxes, are based on percent of sales.

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Income Statement, Fiscal Years Ended (in millions) 2008 2007 Net sales...... $13,652 $12,442 Cost of sales.. 8,778 7.955 Selling, general and administrative expenses 2,625 2,389 Restructuring, impairment, and other exit costs 21 39 Interest, net 422 427 Earnings before income taxes and after-tax earnings from joint ventures..... 1,806 1,631* Income taxes... 622 560 After-tax earnings from joint ventures 111 73 Net earnings.. $ 1,295 $ 1,144