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U.S. GNP grew 3 but slowdown seen Spread RRSP proceeds around If 1 laninrf txm ii 1 Gross Youn MONEY Patrick Feltowt National v-" Product WASHINGTON (AP) Tto I' I KiMikmiy tr 1 aaeual rt f4 fcmr.ftf.t tH )rslrt Jjy, HI llur4 Of tn. flum te fourth qiurtrf la i i4 ri1 jurtT wtiBomif artttuy. Comtnerct lrfufUrft( MI1 grOM lUUufUl mud 4 pT poaij Inn l-Se 7 prf rnt thr tpf 4 tr isjoa ui ipotu rvJ 4" if fr luufl la fcfojuJ The CM it the country'i total output I food n4 wrvkv and its fcreadeit mert e( economic A ptu mdr iJ to the GNP rxt ol so annual rat el 1 9 pt rest during" the JulvScptemtxr rxrtod, uo-ttuinH from Ll momh i rrpert la i comnaniaa rtpart. the Commerce Department Mid aftcr-tat IiU I US.

corporjuoni fell prf rnt ta the third qmrter. That a rr vuido from the 72-per-cent derlise reported tail month. Corporal profit have dropped for thrr ronvmitjve qiurtert. Tfcey were doo 0 per cent io (he fir( quarter and 11 per cmi ta the M-cond Consumer ipending, hicn accounts lor two-thirds ol all economic activity, wa revised to khow a r.yJ ifiit f) (yn a vj jh pur iu r'J nv iwtSpy fM fx Ctowf ri4t iff jr rvsr ij fttfwnt PcSaVSS lM HHiP, 1 7 te 0 IV, Tfcpf ft iJiou'-Jn'l rt4 wt HUM' ptotr4t arovnd i latle I nU vut intvum and Tsf Jty Xw raa a IUUK and a ancmiy sd rnittt Rt IO UU 6il fi It ytxt fa iJrd. for iple.

to Ny a annuity I aod had ItOO ooJ Irft jf HhUfc. it wotld be appropriate la lie U-tr-n th ornirr4 iwome mtiltc strt (GK'!) of or mab ltny U(ffrct toff MitU nunnur ibe 1 60.003 tepmil prvur-Uoa availaUe at earh, A iww annuity could replac the annuities Uutyt will ls ta Hit And Ihe one would life. But ya nwda't fcurry on the annuity unless you feel tht rates art at a and you want la lock them In, If your money for into a RJIIF or P-RIF. it's foinf ta grow fee a few years tf yoa uke out oftly the irquired minimum paymrnu, Since the IUUK can be UM-d to purthAMf the annuity, you. can wait la do it tinul you think annuity ritn have improved You seem lo be fairly comfortably placed, but next year and when you pass 71 you may be complaining about taxes the Us will end and you'll have more income.

On the annuity male-female difference, it's simply that la a general sense women live 4 rs trry lie xt (( TfvctiUt4i. It Am la a 4ku jf rj nuj Ulnl if ktl U) i9 It djit Uled ta UUf JU fwl i Utte it I pf ere a-Hiia Ul Ui tarfrf Br, Yt( B-UM ti 4 114 Knt frnffl Ifc Jlii UVf ti i fvrevrf at: fwrj in nf JflJ T'WIJ 71. far ir.ta if frrrird ft Utef Ua lt year loiitmjff (, j4f ,8 fi jtur asoftj.t a yad drri iV I a Txx rf lU U4 rtnjte, fea flrt.ty el ine A4 lie iisrmne rrtkrd ty iht etrr raa nay la itt mm', RRSP rulci unchanged a-'v cwwr ift.g raf tv fifiStt, If rS kkwl la kw area iorh a Canada Prfii.i the wrtsment ha taken a l.ber al view of common law rtlatiwtifcip and Revenue Canada hi Iwfst a ia the u.rf ef uphi renc. but the HUM' rule rrmam uncharged A Kual pUn fan Wily Cjned by a prf. KJfl with a husband or Wife, The Gi.ene.

Si St, htct-teat. O. Not every Qjestman nj (hc3 cut 'l in cons36tj. cannot guaranteed. -M IMf- INI otrf Ua Bra Ut attftuiur la Uvrd t-n lf fftifv sd a gm wn tf ts a fefluW i ftftu'iy tt Id xf mor )ea lb pJBteelJ art lcf Tke mttef Nrmei a tf ic from limt la lime, bvl tiix UtJy any early ttasfe, Sm wnuJd rail it bvl df4 t4 aa indati7 f.fif il, rtn Prw Irtal e(jtul mi equally Contribution limit I fo.VrJ Sef 4.

J3 ar 115 AV 3 sty fa r'ai, rr tstn h-RSPii S7.C01. 1C is too mC tut tonot tCYK rec tJ from my turn, Dxi fft tun njn a HIV, k'ortwil Kt far at a normal coniribuUt to the RR5P font, yeu are allowed the amount el 12.09, which 11.500 rmnut the I I.Cfll ptd into nan pbn. You may then transfer your U'tal prnsitn income for the year, So the arurr to your question deperd on what this figure u. If at least H.50I. you're onside, GNP rata o(U13 trillion per-cent growth rale compared I the I prrcenl aia reported Uit month.

The various changr Jrft th GNP xpandinf la the third quarter at a wasonally adjutted annual rate of 16 trillion Americans seem keen on continental market George Bernard Shaw used a Parker to pen the play Pygmalion that later inspired the musical, My Fair Lady. Since that time, many fair ladies have been inspired by notes written with a Parker Pen. CHICAGO (AP) Creation of a North American common market, consisting of the United States. Canada and Mexico, Is an idea which appeals to a large majority of VS. residents, according to a new poll.

The poll, made public this week, was taken for a group of leading Mexican business executives and an affiliated group in the U.S. The groups, the Mexican Council of Businessmen and the U.S. Mexican Development Corporation, say such a common market is needed to compete successfully with Japan and the European Economic Community. "Of the 1,200 individuals polled throughout the U.S., 85 per cent favored a North American common market to offset anticipated heavy competition when the EEC countries drop their trade frontiers in 1992," said Jeffrey Peters, president of the U.S. Mexican Development Corporation (USDQ.

Francisco del Cueto, an official with the Mexican Council of Businessmen (MCB), also said 1992 would be a critical year for international trade. His organization, which includes owners, chairmen and executive officers of Mexico's top 36 industrial groups, has long stressed U.S.-Mexi-can co-operation. "It's an evolutionary thing that appears to be inevitable," USDC official Nino Noriega said of the elimi nation of North American trade barriers, It' a matter of common sense. "You have Mexico, with vast natural resources and a Large pool of less expensive labor, the with technological expertise and a highly developed economy; and Canada, with a small population, but a strong currency and credit power. "Trade barriers have essentially been erased between the U.S.

and Canada," Noriega said. "And we have proof that the same thing would work between the U.S. and Mexico through the 'Maquila-dora' program, whereby U.S. manufacturers have goods finished in communities across the Mexican border and reimported into this country." The telephone poll was taken during November and employed a sample similar to the U.S. national averages by gender, age, ethnic background, educational level and political philosophy, Noriega said.

While only one third of the total respondents considered Mexico a good place for American investment, more than 55 per cent of the Hispanic Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban or from another Spanish-speaking region respondents considered it so. However, 90 per cent of the total respondents said it was important for the U.S. to help Mexico to move ahead economically. PARKER THE DUOFOLD FOUNTAIN PEN COMES IN BLACK. MARBLED BLUE OR MAROON'.

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which it doesn't already own. The class stock, which was not publicly traded, carries 58.5 per cent of the voting rights in Pathonic and represents 6.6 per cent of the equity. Pathonic is based in Ste. Foy and operates seven Quebec television stations, outlets which Tele-Metropole already supplies with program-m'ng. Following a pitched takeover battle with Cogeco Inc.

over Pathonic in August and September 1988, T616-Metropole emerged victorious, with all of Pathonic's class A shares in hand. Terms of the deal announced yes-, terday were not disclosed. The vendor was a company controlled by Pathonic chairman Paul Vien. The transaction is subject to approval by the Canadian and Telecommunications 8 Jiff A-' III Hill I I Ll. i)) Now is the right time for the gift of time.

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