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Financial highlights
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Years En
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Januar
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31
,
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Do
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ar amounts in mi
ll
ions, except per s
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are
d
ata) 2007
2006
200
5
200
4
2003
Net
sa
l
es
$ 344,992 $ 308
945 $ 281
488 $ 252
792 $ 226
479
Cost
o
f
sa
l
es
$ 264,152 $ 237
649 $ 216
832 $ 195
922 $ 175
769
I
ncome
f
rom continuing operations $ 12,178
$
11,408
$
10,482
$
9,096
$
7,940
D
iluted earnin
g
s per share from continuin
g
operations $ 2.92
2.72
2.46
2.08
1.79
L
on
g
-term debt $ 27,222 $ 26
,
429 $ 20
,
087 $ 17
,
088 $ 16
,
545
R
eturn on asset
s
(
1
)
8.8% 9.3
%
9.8
%
9.7
%
9.6
%
R
eturn on shareholders’ equit
y
(
2
)
22.0% 22.9
%
23.1
%
22.4
%
21.8
%
(
1) Income from continuing operations before minority interest, divided by average total assets from continuing operations.
(
2) Income
f
rom continuing operations be
f
ore minority interest, divided by average shareholders’ equity
.