European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse 18 the stars and stripes Money matters Friday september 30, 1994 today s rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. 1.62 dutch Guilder. 1.69 German in Arr. 1.51. Note the rates above apply within the first country. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren cies ". Austrian Schilling 10.91 Bahrain Dinar. 0.3770 belgian franc .31.85 British Pound. 1.5757 Canadian Dollar 1.3413 danish Krone .6.0790 dutch Guilder. 1.7365 French franc. 5.2880 German Mark. 1.5503 greek drachma 235.25 italian lira ,. 1,558.25 Kuwait Dinar. 0.29720 norwegian Krone. 6.7830 portuguese escudo. 158.02 saudi rial. 3.7508 Spanish peseta. 128.48 Swiss franc. 1.2860 turkish lira 34,115.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $394.50 an ounce Silver quote $5.61 an ounce sources merchants National Bank & Trust co. And the associated press new York Exchange new York a sales closing Price and net chs no by Tho 15 most Active new York Stock Exchange issues trading nationally on wednesday. Names corp Block Bugle team exams Merck Compaq 3 s Gap for motor s Masc tech Walmart a Modem. Re Nab. Pepsico. To Tut 8,839.300 5.538,100 5,525,400 5.169,900 .4,453,200 4.242.3m3.890.200 3.436,200 3,161,9002,920,000 2,800,800 .2.781,100 2.614,400 2.521,000 2,041,600 28v1 63vi 35h 32 Merce and Trade said Virginia official were still reeling from the announce merit.-". .rurnrne-11 said the company still consider ers Virginia an Ideal place for the Park and will work with gov. George Allen to find a new site.-./-."-.-". Allen who had pushed a $160 million package of incentives through the general Assembly was eager to keep the 19,000 jobs the project is expected to generate i m up remitted to a Disney theme Park in Virginia and the jobs that will be created thereby Allen said. I m pleased that thewalt Disney company shares that commitment.". A. Us tin May Cost firm Mil Lions Detroit a the strike at a general motors Complex that makes parts for other pm factories could eventually Cost the automaker $45 million a Day in lost profits. But that s Only if pm loses most of its production in North America said analyst David Healy of . Warburg & co. In new York. The strike by 11,500 workers at Buick City in Flint mich., entered its third Day thursday. It has forced the company to Stop building cars at two plants and to schedule a third to be closed. If settled soon the strike s effect on pm s finances May be slight. Typically it won t Hurt floor traffic said Art Spinella of cow marketing re search in Bandon ore., a consulting firm that tracks Auto sales at the dealer dealers will end up Selling whatever they have in bar gainers for pm and United Auto workers Union met for nine hours wednesday and made some Progress said Dave Yettaw president of Law local599. -./. /. The sides agree that pm should hire additional people to ease the pressure from production increases and overtime schedules that Are creating health and safety problems for workers he said. But they Don t agree on How Many. Their numbers Are laughable yet Taw said. He would t say How Many new workers the Union wants. Pm will not comment on the negotiations which were to resume thursday morning. The plants at Buick City build Buick Park Avenue and Lesa re models and Voltl Mobile eighty eights. But they also make v-6 engines and transmission and suspension parts that go into Many other pm cars and trucks. Barbara Griffith 46, one of 11,500 workers on strike at general motors corp s Buick City Plant in Flint mich., mixes old fashioned depression Ham and can soup in the Kitchen of United Auto workers Union 599 in Flint on wednesday. The soup was Fortaw members on the picket line during the second Day of a strike at the Complex. A shortage of those parts stopped production of Buick Skylark Oldsmobile Achieva and Pontiac grand am at two plants in Lansing mich., on tuesday. A Wilmington Del Plant that is scheduled to close saturday builds Chevrolet Corsi Ca and Beretta models. Every time the clock ticks i m encouraged because their bean counters Are adding up the revenues they re losing Yettaw said. Pm slowed the spread of the strike s effects by changing the mix of cars and trucks it builds at some plants to models that Don t use parts from Flint. They can continue running for some time by going to different transmission options or engine options pm spokes Man John Shea said. Problems with staffing and production speedups Aren t limited to the Flint com plex. This year s Boom in Auto sales has pushed some pm plants to their capacity. The company wants to meet the Strong demand without reversing the staff cuts it has made to improve productivity an profits. Pm has eliminated 52,000 hourly jobs since 1991, and it is reluctant to take on new workers because they essentially Are hired for life under the Law contract the savings along with higher sales this year helped pm Post a record $1.9 Bil lion profit in the second Quarter. Southwest airlines offers 50 percent Deal r Dallas a for the next two weeks Southwest airlines will offer a 50 percent discount on seats bought the Day before a flight. Other carriers said they would match the promotion announced wednesday. Southwest also said it would indefinitely revive a 50 percent discount for seats bought 21 Days in Advance of a flight. Separately Lufthansa German air lines announced a half Price Sale for peo ple who travel with a companion paying full Price on flights to 19 cities in Europe. The fares Are Good for midweek travel from nov. 1 to dec. 14, and dec. 25 to March 25-?rices for weekend departures Are $50 higher. Tickets Are non refund be and must be purchased by oct. 7. Southwest is a Short haul Carrier with Low fares that other airlines Are trying to match particularly in Busy markets such As California and Texas. The one Day Advance Purchase pro Grams arts until oct. 13. Tickets Are non refundable but May be reused on other flights. Under the Sale a one Way trip be tween Houston and West coast cities would be $99. A flight Between Baltimore and Cleveland or san Antonio and hous ton would be $25
