European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. June 1, 199 r the stars and stripes a Page 17 Money matters today s tip. A recent new study confirms what a a old man1 George Foreman knew when he stepped into the ring in april with Young evander Holyfield with age comes Wisdom that can keep an old fighter on his feet no matter what the pundits say. In the latest round of age is. Youth a series of Case a studies at three major corporations found that workers older than 55 Are As productive and Cost effective As their younger counterparts the study was done a to refute commonly held perceptions Quot that older workers Cost More and Don t work As efficiently As younger peo pie said Thomas w. Moloney an executive with the Commonwealth fund a philanthropic organization that commissioned it As part of its americans Over 55 at work pro Gram. There is no magic age at which a person should be forced to retire according to the study done last fall and this Spring at Days inns the travellers corp., and a amp a pc a British retail Chain. Conversion rates London up fridays rates Tor the . Dollar to other currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies in dollars. Gold at s360.75 an ounce Silver at s414 a yv1ay.3d a May 31 f 0rtii5h Pound 1 7165 1.7115 German Mark. 1 71951 7330 French franc.71a a. A. 5.8465 a Oulch Guilder. A 1.9424belgian franc. 35 2000 35.5025 Halian lira 1 270 00 1.28185 Swiss rang 1 464 1 4775 greek drachma. A a a a a w 188.75 turkish lira. A a a .4.066.80. Saudi arabian Riyal 3 7501 Spanish peseta.,.a a 108 7.4. Of Puguese escudo. 150 26 a i Canadian Dollar. A. A. -. A a 1.1436. Austrian Schilling i. 12.13 a norwegian Krone. 6.7175 . A. 6.62. These arc Uno Lucial rates As re ported by wire service and banking sources and they Are listed to give some idea of daily currency. Flue i lations. A a a a a. A a. The Only official rate a Cerns the. Sale of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use and this i _ be 1.68. Through monday based on f riday s noontime Price Hing. Quot a. New York Exchange new York up a the .15 most Active stocks in new a York Stock Exchange composite trading on thursday. Slack. A sales last 1. Nelcha up 1jsx corp a 4,872.600a 24 i pier 11mports a a a a .4.112.800. 6k is a. Pepsico inc 3.778.600 31 Vuk off % Upjohn co. 3.469.700 a 45 a. Ujj % general motors a 2.838.400 -42 k Philip Morns. A a 2.626.000 68% off genl electric. A a 2.467.000 76 in a up 1 %. Limited inc a 2.310.100 728% a -. Up % Rwjr Nabisco hid a 2.303.2d0 11 i unch. Placer Home inc 2 116100 12%. Up i . -1.019.500 37%, a it up % Boeing co -. 1 616 600 48% 1 i Ford motor co a 1,014.800 �?o35 54 a unch. A fed Nall mtg. 1.780.500 56%. Up-1 % James River 1.779.100 kit. -. Of % american Exchange a. New York Dpi american Stock sex Cut stuck a Emit of loom amen Cus disc a a Western digital a am Nous desc Bat industries f am medical bldg a at 4 water tech Nabors Industry a Wing labs inc d Dei electronics a a the. 10 mosta Jive stocks in Ange composite trading thursday. Sales 773.500 678.300 a is 3.700 465.900 a 459.800 441.600 354.200 333.000. 332 800. 317.600 last 15 a1 -11 15 4 45 j Quot to w ii 12 \ in w amp via 3u i j Nelcha. Upon Quot up % Oil 45 i. Up via up is. Up a Pujji a up a. Up i. Up i Dow Jones a my York a 2 Iliou Snais a uan Spori. A urn clips. 5 stocks Dow Jones closing Range of averages High 3022.81. -1212.27 21309 1081.44 Low 2950-58 1180.36 210.56 105670 close 3000.45 �?�1205 57 r 212.27 1074.57 change up 30 8b. Up 25,03-� up 0.88 up 13 37 Washington a fans of the teenage mutant ninja. Turtles should have been told that. Domino s paid to have the hard Shell heroes Rit unch its pizza in their first movie an advocacy group said Center for the study of commercialism asked the Federal Trade commission to Force filmmakers to Tell theater patrons when movies Inezi Iii paid a a product . A what we re saying is done to try to pretend you re showing them Art when what you re showings advertising said Michael Jacobsen col Ondof of Csc a non profit organization Tajn Points but areas it considers Overly Elizabeth Barnes a spokeswoman Tor t he Mot Ion picture Assoc i at i o n o f Arne Roca said tiie group had no comment on Csc s petition. 7 a a handing a name Brand product say a coca cola or Pepsi to the leading character in a popular movie a is an effective form of advertising because it s a sneaky form of advertising,7 Jacobsen said. A lit a petition filed with the Etc Csc asked that films con taming paid product placements carry a not taut the beginning telling viewers that businesses have paid to have their products shown,.Csc said the notice should be a clearly displayed Quot on the screen and a clearly Csc is contending in its petition that product placements arc an a unfair marketing practice Quot under the Federal Trade commission apr because a audiences Are being advertised to w without being told Quot Edh the Cost if Hooek Buster movies in the tens of millions of dollars Hollywood studios and producers Are poking Tor ways to help pay for the spectacular special effects that viewers expect and Hilf salaried actors demand. A product placement is crucial to flip. Film Industry in a lot of ways a a conc Dorf Jacobsen and he said Csc is not adv Tating removing the plugs just telling patrons ahead of time that they Are there. A the effectiveness of these plugs he in the. Fact that people Don t see them As plugs Quot he said. A a but a spokesman for the american As. of. Advertising age Ticic \ product. Placements Quot Are a scattered Quot and ill terms of dollars it a very Hie a a a Csc wants tiie Etc to investigate product five of last year s most popular films a a ghost a from i Paramo me which Csc said contained at least 2 references to 16 different Brand name products a Disney a Quot pretty woman which Csc said contained 20 references to is Brand name products. A a Home alone Quot 20th can Lute i of s hox Olyce blockbuster. Csc std it con tamed 42 references to i Brand names a Quot teenage mutant ninja turtles Quot Ironi new line Csc Saul Uin lamed in Brand names a i i stars a total Jimh starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. So said that film contained at least5s tsar Encis to 28 Brand name products. None of tiie companies responded when asked by the Csc whether Thucie. Were .-.paid. Product placements in the films Jacobsen stud. I traders react with anxiety a i the floor of the new York Mer Platinum plunge. A. A a a. To Afi the floor of the f Candle Exchange thursday. The Price of Platinum plunged on . To study privacy aspect of caller id7 word that the japanese Dufve devised a Way to eliminate it from pollution control devices in their ears. A Jay the new York times one new offered by Telephone companies has stirred a debate Over privacy. Called caller identification or caller id it uses a display device allowing subscribers i see the Telephone member of t h c. Person placing an -1ncom-ing Call. A a a. A a a a a. The new service commission Tytell assess the privacy Issue in a series Arf hearings to be held later this to writ Bills that would prohibit per line blocking arc pending in both houses of the legislature. Privacy advocates strongly oppose the use of caller id they say the rights of some legitimate callers May be abridged including those who want to maintain their anon Miv. A. The commission says that caller id is now available in All or part of 11 states Kentucky. Maine Maryland. Michigan. Nebraska Nevada new Jersey. South Carolina t conc Sec Vermont and Virginia. It is not. Yet permitted in new York a. A a t Here Are now two ways for people placing Calls to keep their phone univ hers from being displayed by caller id. One. Is per Call blocking callers can use a special three or four digit code before dealing the Tel plume number i he other is per line or comprehensive blocking the callers number is withheld on All Calls should the caller desire the line Ean be unblocked by dial ing a code. a a a a. Peter a Bradford the commissions chair iat said a any. Service that has. The potential to erode existing Levels of privacy should be Oll Rcd together a nah measures that would hold customers to the devel of privacy they have now a Wal soul a a a. A /. A. I Telephone clip. Tested caller id Iasi Yea with 4 to Thi Slomers who received the service Fri cd and. Were. Loaned display devices. A _ now new York Telephone is proposing to Oiler caller id. On a regular basis residential customers would pay a it 5 j a month,.-and per Call blocking Quot would be available at no charge
