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Business and Basis of Presentation (Policies)
9 Months Ended
May 30, 2013
Policy Text Block [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America consistent in all material respects with those applied in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 30, 2012. In the opinion of our management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly our consolidated financial position and our consolidated results of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to current period presentation, including restructure and asset impairment activities prior to the third quarter of 2013 that were previously reported in other operating (income) expense, net. In the second quarter of 2013, we reclassified gains and losses from changes in currency exchange rates in order to improve comparability with our industry peers. As a result of the reclassification, $59 million of losses for the first quarter of 2013 and $1 million and $14 million of losses for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012, respectively, were reclassified from the amounts previously reported in other operating (income) expense, net to other non-operating income (expense), net.

Fiscal Period
Our fiscal year is the 52 or 53-week period ending on the Thursday closest to August 31. Our third quarters of fiscal 2013 and 2012 ended on May 30, 2013 and May 31, 2012, respectively.