Duke Energy Corporation is one of America€™s leading diversified energy companies. At the end of 2014, the company had a balance in its retained earnings account of $2.0 billion. Compute the missing  mounts 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 in billions).

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2014 2013 2012 Beginning retained earnings Revenues for the period Expenses for the period Dividends declared $ ? $ 1.9 $ 1.9 23.9 17.9 22.8 ? 22.0 16.1 2.2 2.2