European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes Money matters wednesday november 16.1994 today s rates following arc fixed rates a which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. 1.63 dutch Guilder. 1.68 German Mark. 1.50 not the rat above apply it thai the hos country. Flour a exp ened in Dollar to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rate that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren cies Schilling. 10.8435 Bahrain Dinar. 0.37675 belgian franc .m.31.73 British Pound. 1.5895 Canadian Dollar. 1.3603 danish Krone. 6.0165 dutch Guilder. 1.7295 French franc. 52985 German Mark. 1.5411 greek drachma. 237.31 Kalian lira. 1,58225 Kuwait Dinar. 029870 norwegian Krone. 6.7415 portuguese escudo. 15728 saudi rial. 3.7s03 Spanish peseta. 12824 Swiss franc. 12945 turkish lira a. 35,800.00 Mot figure Are expressed in Dollar to the briton Pound oth a amende to the Dollar Gold Quot $388,45 an ounce Silver Quot $5.14 a ounce source merchant National Bank & Trust co., and the associated Pree i new York Exchange i new York a Sites closing pries set not chinos of this 15 most so tvs new York Stock exch songs issues tiding a tonally on monday. Mints 5,552.600 Chrysler. 3,925,000wilmart 3,881,800 Tim aos 3,562.000genmotors 2,292,600 poll Lumorris 2,224,100fordmotofs 2.206,700 Kmart. 2,176,400sfspaccps 2,103,900 Pix ill. 2,088,700pfpsico 1,947,500 mrs inline 1.890.100gengthprop 1,856,300 get co 1,828.500emc Dpi 1,755.900 inst cm.3m it 49 3h23tt m 52 -1h38% it 62h to .29 u 15h."jt16vi 21 h3714 8v4 20h 31v a h22k h american Exchange new York a Selss doting pries ind not Ehing of the 10 most so tips Amer Tom Stock etchings sums trading rationally on monday. Is ishm Lossl 1,442,700 39h it pc Ltd 1,130,100 1 Viacom it 1.041.000 a h. Olssn 627,500 33 1hciblstslcmn 574,800 8h 1h arc 525.300 41/18-�-/1lusbiosci 498,700 8 h Elsadr 448,700 33v4 427,300 8tt h Royal Oak 364.200 3 /t-3w san san Francisco a scores of workers returned to the City s two major daily newspapers monday spelling the end to a two week strike that caused one death. About 60 editorial employees of the morning san Francisco chronicle entered the newspaper building in Masse while about two dozen employees of the afternoon san Francisco examiner dribbled in later in the Day. Other staffers would return gradually and the newspapers hoped to be at full a f a m i & workers Check the paint monday on bows rolling off the Assembly line at the company s new Plant near Greer . Taking it slowly at . Plant associated press Greer . Lii two years Bow has turned an empty Field along inter state 85 into a 1,000-acre Complex Capa ble of producing 300 of the company sleek sedans every Day. That was the easy part. Now the $400million Plant has to turn a profit and make cars indistinguishable from ones made in Bavaria. The German automaker has made its 3-series sedans in South Carolina for about two months but Mon Day was the first time that it opened the factory floor to the press. With its Plant smokestacks and a futuristic curved facade exhibit Hall called the centrum the site looks a Little like of. Company executives including Bernd chairman of Bow i management Board spent much of the morning boasting about the Plant s state of the Art Assembly line and its 570 associates As employees Are called. The 300 Assembly line workers Are producing just 12 cars a Day an intentionally slow place that executives Hope will give the new Auto workers a Chance to learn their jobs before the line speeds up. Mostof the cars so far Are Black or White be newspaper strength As Early As week s end. It does t come Back together As quickly perhaps As it happened said examiner spokeswoman Cindy Myers. I think everybody is glad to get Back to work. But there Are some wounds that will take a Little time to ail editorial in the chronicle heaped Praise on strike negotiators while prom Ising readers and advertisers that the papers soon would be Back at full creative throttle. The Day the strike began we of Helmut Panke left chief of bows North american operations gestures As he Fields a Vii y a less a Onfer nce the automaker s new Plant in Greer,5.c. Looking on Are Bow officials Bernd Pische Strieder Center and Allen Kinzer. Cause company officials say those Are easier to paint and there Are fewer Interior color combinations to worry about. End strike the unions had asked for 3,5 percent and management had offered 2.46 percent. The last Union a janitors group ratified the contract late monday. We Are proud that no one from the chronicle crossed the picket line said photographer Lea Suzuki As she joined the returning throng. The person killed during the walkout was a striking Driver who was electrocuted nov. 6 while allegedly trying to Cut Power to a newspaper distribution Center. Feed the opinion that no one in this sort of situation Ever wins. We still believe that but right now we feel what we have won is a plan for peace Trust employees returned after nine of 10 striking unions approved a five year con tract giving workers an average increase in wages pension and welfare plans of 3 percent per year Over the life of the con tract said Union spokesman Steve Chin. That works out to roughly $105 per week. Microsoft looks to connect with on line service Las vegas a the big name sin computer on line systems Prodigy America online and Compuserve soon will be joined by one that s even big Ger Microsoft. The largest maker of personal computer software said monday that it would Start the Microsoft network on line serv ice next year when it begins Selling a new version of its popular windows program. But there is scepticism about Micro soft s Effort which has been known in the Industry for some time. It had the codename Marvel before monday s announcement made at the Codex com Puter exposition in Las vegas. What is Marvel going to do that Prodigy America online and Compuserve Don to asked Richard Shaffer of tech no logic partners a new York High tech research firm. The Mere fact that it s from Microsoft does t make it wonder Ful. They Are coming late to the party. To be a Welcome guest they really better have something wonderful to the new program known As win-dows95, will include an option to sub scribe to the Microsoft network
