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1		Go to Market Insight (www.mcgrawhill.ca/edumarketinsight)and look up Thomson Corp. (TOC). Briefly describe its main business activities. Usingits annual income statement, calculate the compound annual growth rate over the past fiveyears for sales, net income, and dividends. Convert these results into real growth ratesusing the U.S. inflation rate, since Thomson reports in US dollars. Calculate the compoundaverage annual U.S. inflation rate for the past five years by using the "InflationCalculator" at www.bls.gov/cpi#news.