European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 18 the stars and stripes Money matters Friday of Cernier 10,199ar�? today states following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal us Gorman Mark 1.67 British Pound 1.53 dutch Guilder 1.86 greek drachma epee Yeeee 237.9176 not tit rate Toov Appy it than a Bool country of gum Are a Pratta m Dollar to tha Bra tech Pound  to to cellar. Following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign currencies italian lira 1,675.50 turkish lira 13,887.20 Spanish Pearata 139.18 Portu Guage eau do. 173.60 austrian Schilling 12.0123 saudi Royal 3.749 bahraini Dinar  0.3767 kuwaiti Dinar  0.2981 norwegian Krone  7.406 danish Krone a a be a a a eat Eek a 6.6785 British Pound 4444aa44a44ua4v4aaaa4aa 1.492 German Mark  1.7085 Swiss franc  1.4726 French franc dutch Guilder belgian franc. 35.69 Canadian dollar1.3225   s846  1.9117 note of guns at a a Prev sad in Dollar to by halt Pound other Curr Sancto to the Dollar Gold Quot $382.50 an ounce Silver quota $4.98 an ounce new York Exchange new York Kupij a tha 15 most act Lva stocks i new York Stock exciting com posit trading on wednesday. Stock Sam last my Cho. Packs Strelec 20.329.400 34 Oft Voda Fona group 13,381.800 85 ugly Tel Fonos of or 5.368,600 61 up 1 Host Marriott 3,796,000 9 up am Barrier Rev 3.045,200 28 up 1 Cono Al runs b 2.842.700 20 tolf general motors 2,842,300 55 up limited inc 2,771,400 18 up Philip Morris 2,745,500 56 off cyns minerals 2,744,200 24 up Rwjr Nabisco hid 2.731,600 6 up Wax technology 2,651,900 27 up Boeing co 2,540,600 39 0�1h Borden inc 2,275,900 18 off Home St mining 2,201,000 21 up american Exchange new York up the 10 most Active stocks in american Stock exc Nanga compose to trading wednesday. Sleek salts last net Chi. Echo Bay mines 2,134,200 13 up Royal Oak mines 1,106,300 5 up m6 Mart com 1.092,500 7 up Amdahl corp 869,300 6 Quot Energy ser let 557,300 3 Pegasus Gold 413,600 22 up Nabors Industry 346,000 6 off Hasbro iric 312,400 36 up by comminty inc 307,000. 4 up Era corp 279.600 26 up up off Dow Jones new York Iii Dow Jones dosing rang of averages on wednesday. High Low Cloie Chine 30 industrials 3756.60 3693.73 3734.53 up 15.65 20 transport 1777.72 1750.15 1767.46 up 876 15 utilities 227.52 224.62 226.14 off 1.38 65 stocks 1303.96 1362.30 137566 up 4.17 .-ec talks still snagged film Geneva a with less than a week before the deadline for a global Trade Accord the United states and the european Community remain dead locked Over film subsidies and face Tough talks on tax policies. 1 some third world countries mean while Are complaining that they wont be helped by deals hashed out Between the United states and Europe a there is a lot of frustration among developing countries a chilean negotiator Ernesto Tironi said after Daylong talks wednesday on extending the terms of a .-ec Trade package to other countries. The United states and the dec struck a Compromise tuesday to Cut farm subsidies and import duties on manufactured goods Clearing the Way for a wider Accord negotiated under the general agreement on tariffs and Trade. The agreement which will apply to 116 nations is expected to increase global income by More than $200 billion per year create new jobs and possibly underpin Market reforms in latin America and Eastern Europe. Wednesday is the last Day president Clinton can notify Congress of a proposed Trade Accord under so called a fast track rules barring lawmakers from attaching amendments that could kill the Accord. Although optimism is High that negotiators can meet that goal Many obstacles remain. In the film and television dispute France wants to keep subsidies for its movies and maintain quotas on non dec films measures it says Are needed to protect filmmakers from a Hollywood onslaught. Big Day for big Mac customers Jostle for attention at the opening of a Mcdonald a restaurant wednesday in Riyadh saudi Arabia. Mcdonald s is the latest american entry in the desert kingdoms lineup of fast food businesses which already include pizza hut Burger King an Taco Bell. Proposed Coal miners pact assures wider Job Security Huntington . A a Coal contract would assure deadline extended for Holiday air fares new York a at least two major airlines Are giving travellers five extra Days to buy tickets in a Holiday air fare Sale that offers discounts of up to 30 percent. The deadline to buy tickets had Een today. Trans world airlines and american airlines extended the special fares to wednesday. A spokesman for Northwest said the airline would lengthen the deadline but could not say whether the Extension would apply to All Domestic routes. United airlines does not publicize discount deadlines but a spokesman said the Carrier would be competitive. United mine workers jobs even at nonunion mines and could bring More cooperation to a historically contentious Industry. An estimated 60,000 working and Layoff ump members who would be Cov. Ered by the agreement will vote next week. A selective strike which began May 10 and expanded to 17,500 miners in seven Stales wont end until a new contract is in place. Sources said wednesday that the ump and members of the bituminous Coal operators association achieved Many of the goals they wanted at the Start of talks a year ago. The agreement was announced tuesday. The ump had sought future jobs for its members who otherwise could be unemployed within the next seven years when the mines where they work Are depleted. V ump president Richard l. Trumka had demanded 100 percent of the jobs created by the Union s employers whether they were created at unionized or non Union subsidiaries. The proposed five year contract gives the Union 60 percent of new jobs at existing new or newly acquired mines and All subsidiaries including nonunion ones sources said. The 1988 agreement which expired in May also promised 60 percent of new jobs to ump miners but did not extend to newly created nonunion subsidiaries the contract also includes a provisions that further strengthen workplace democracy and provide for miners to have a real say in the Way work is performed a labor Secretary Robert Reich said in a statement. The proposal Calls for a a Neutral forum a an Industry wide labor management cooperative committee a Reich said. The committee would allow miners and managers to resolve problems a before they face the urgency of an expiring contract Quot Reich said. The contract also includes wage increases of More than $1.30 per hour sources said. Under the old agreement the top scale was $16.61 an pour. A Paris also has rejected . Demands for a share of Box office levies on . Films which dominate the French and european markets. Paris uses the Money to subsidize French filmmaking. . Chief negotiator John Schmidt told reporters that a Row Between the United states and the rest of the world Over taxation might be resolved As Early As thursday. Tironi said the cuts in european and american agricultural subsidies which have squeezed other producers off world markets were less than hoped for. He said the .-ec Deal to Cut import tariffs did not include products important to developing countries in Chile is Case apples. A a they re negotiating Only the specific a products that interest them a Tironi said. But he added that he was hopeful of concessions.2 top hospitals in Boston plan joint operation Boston apr two of Bostons top teaching hospitals have approved a merger aimed at cutting costs and giving them More leverage in dealing with insurers. The hospitals a Massachusetts general and Brigham and women so will keep their names and their own programs. The goal is to Cut 20 percent of the combined operating costs a about $240 million annually a within two to three years or. Robert Buchanan president of Massachusetts general said wednesday. Or. H. Richard Nesson president of Brigham and women a said that some duplicated programs will be eliminated and that both hospitals will become smaller. He said the reductions would have occurred with or without the merger. The two executives said the combined Hospital will seek affiliations with Community hospitals and primary care doctors to reflect the changing nature of medical practice a today the Boston Market is High Cost and has substantially More bed capacity than required under a strict managed care program. The ratio of specialist physicians is also much higher than in tightly managed care plans Nesson said. Buchanan said this also translates into higher premiums for Massachusetts  Spaghetti Label seen As depicting orgy Toronto up a Nestle Canada is redesigning a food can Label that some people say portrays cartoon animals having an orgy. Nestle s spokeswoman Wendy Parke said the company has fielded a number of complaints about noodles Spaghetti but the Label was slated for a routine redesign before the controversy. Parke said it s a an Issue of perception a and some callers Are complaining they cannot see the supposed animal orgy on cans of the animal shaped Spaghetti they be purchased. The Story recently came to Light when a woman on Canadas East coast told reporters that animal characters could be seen having an orgy when the can a Label was turned upside Down