European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes Money matters sunday August 7,1994 Dollar watch shown below Are the highest Dollar Exchange rates for the week of  1-5 compared with Dollar rates for the same period one year and five years ago. German Mark one Dollar would buy you 170 1 851.56 1-7 i 1994 i 1993 i 1989 military Exchange rate British Pound one Pound would Cost you 1.58 i a 1-66 1994 1989 belgian franc one Dollar would buy you 39 5032.77 37.45 1994 dutch Guilder one Dollar would buy you 2 12 1.74 T z 121.95 1994 i 1993 i 1989 French franc one Dollar would buy you 5.985.44 � "0 1994 1993 i greek drachma one Dollar would buy you 240 60 232.57 162.32 1994  1993 i 1989 i italian lira one Dollar would buy you 1,592 1,624i 1,351 1994 j 1993 i 1989 Spanish peseta one Dollar would buy you 130.97 j 46.70 117.75 turkish lira one Dollar would buy you 31,305 1994 11.516 1993 i 2,156 1989 $8.5 billion buyout offer gets Rumor Mill spinning by Patricia Lamiell the associated press new York corporate takeover fires were stoked last week As american Home products corp. Bid $8.5 billion for fellow drug maker american a Yanamico. Tuesday s Surprise bid a nearly 50 per cent Premium Over american Cyan amid s Stock Price sent american Cyan amid shares up 27% Points to 907/s for the week and boosted other health care stocks. The Market loves it when a major company comes out and is willing to pay 50 percent Over Market value and buy a fairly Dull company said Alfred e. Goldman vice president at . Edwards & sons inc. In St. Louis that says hey stocks Are undervalued in the eyes of  but Wall Street in t betting that a mergers and acquisitions Renaissance will spark a widespread Stock rally As it did in the lets make a Deal Days of the 1980s. Market analysts believe merger driven Stock Price gains while they could be substantial will be confined to a few Market sectors. One reason is fear of higher interest rates. The Dow Jones industrials dropped 18.77 Points Friday closing at 3747,02 and Down 17.48 for the week after the labor department reported nonfarm businesses added a much larger than expected number of jobs in july and that the wages of nonfarm Ronsu Pervi Sory personnel jumped 0.4  the report contained the somewhat contradictory information that the a new York Exchange new York a sales the 15 most Active new York nationally Friday. Name Telma iinds Gen motors Compaq s am Yariv re Nab " Lowes s Chrysler Shanhhan for debtor s Mcdonalds s no event Walmart Philllp morals Merck by 4p.m. Price and net change of Stock Exchange issues trading. 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