European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F Page 16 the stars and stripes Money matters 1 wednesday november 30,1994 today s rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound 1.61 dutch Guilder 1.71 German Mark 1.52 not the rates Abov apply within tha Host 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 currencies /. Quot a austrian Schilling 11.005 Bahrain Dinar 0.37675 belgian franc British Pound 1.5651 Canadian Dollar 1.3777 danish Krona 6.6125 dutch Guilder 1.75 French franc 5.3632 German Mark a a a a a 1 5636. Greek drachma 240.84 italian lira 1,612.00 Kuwait Dinar 0.29925 norwegian Krone 6.8278 portuguese escudo 159.75 saudi rial ease seems 3.7505 Spanish peseta 130.38 Swiss franc. 1.3243 turkish lira 36,350.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote s383.70 an ounce Sliver quote ss.13 an ounce sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co. And the associated press c new York Exchange new York api sales closing Price and net thing of the 15 most Active new York Stock Exchange issues on monday Quot Nam a volume Leil Chy. Host Marriott a5,725,600 8v -1 to Timex aos 4,619,600 54 215 Rwjr Nab. 4,202,100 6w 3/32 Ata corp a 3,339,800 49v4 a Rajmal ,. A. 2,886,600 23w h Disney. A 2.599,900 44 a 1vv Merck 2,479,600 37v a Gen motors a a 2,438,800. 38v w Motorola s 2.286,000 56y i Compaq s 2,273,000 40 1h Geneles s a a 2,038,700 47v4 1 ism. 1,994,700 7041 a i key corp 1,920,200 251 a Chicorp 1,745,000. 41 a a limited a 1,684,900 20v i l american Exchange new York apr sates closing Price and net change of the 10 Mast Active american Stock Exchange issues on a monday. ,. Mime Vertume last chg. Chm Oeva 1.147.800 44i Vav Viacom in 1 814,600 1 7/16 a a Viacom a a a. 681,600 38 i Royal Oak. 512,400 3 0/16 a i Echo Bay 304.500 1014 w a vaccine 345,700 11v4 a a Borsand. 284.600 7y� Turners b 249,200 15h a h cd cyst244,400 11h a . 239,100 13 a 44 Dow Jones 1 new York up1 do Jones closing Range of averages on monday. A High Tew Cless chivas 30 industrials 3759.41 3693.13 3739.56 up 31.29 20 trans pol. 1441,76 1417.07 1430.11 up 0.93 15 utilities 180.93 177.63 179.54 Oil 0.07 65 stocks 1256.35 1234.30 124.23. Up 6 healthy share of support found for 2 medical plans by Mike Causey Justice department employees and some Washington Post other Federal Law enforcement types Washington the office of per while the foreign sonnet management to done a checkup Quot a it a if be Nel p v but Opma a Survey gives virtually All of studied a a plus in customer and come up with a diagnosis that will please two groups of workers. The two Federal health plans with the highest ratings Are special agents Mutual Benefit association known As Samba and the foreign service plan according to. The offices customer satisfaction Survey. Both got top Marks in the categories of Access to care Quality of care doctor availability coverage and information customer service and minimal paperwork. Unfortunately Samba is open Only to Hollywood s brings Abc new York a Hollywood so dream team plans to make to shows with capital cities Abc inc. Its the first significant venture for the company formed in october by the filmmaker Steven Spielberg former Walt Disney co. Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and recording Mogul David Geffen. Capital cities which owns the Abc television network and the Spielberg Katzenberg Geffen company which has no formal name each committed More than $100 million to the venture announced monday. The venture will produce to series movies and miniseries for Alt parts of the broadcast Day the partners said. The programs will be made available to television networks Cable services individual to stations and other Media not just those owned by capital cities. A it sounds like a marriage made in heaven a said Emanuel Gerard who follows the entertainment business As a partner in the investment firm Gerard Klauer Mattison amp co. Capital cities a gets in business with incredibly creative people who can attract new Talent and the Spielberg group gets a major financing boost Gerard said. The two companies will he equal partners. Michael Wolf an Industry observer for the management consulting firm Booz Allen amp Hamilton said the Deal helps the Spielberg group reduce the risks of being a television producer. Robert Iger capital cities president and chief operating officer said the Ven the plans studied a a plus in satisfaction. Fee for service plans rating 90 or better with 100 being perfect in Access to care were the postmasters High option Samba foreign service postmasters Standard american postal workers Union Blue Cross Standard and government employees Hospital association association of letter carriers and Blue Cross Standard. The foreign service plans was the Only one scoring Over 90 in the doctors available category. Among the fee for service plans with the Best Overall ratings in All categories were Blue Cross Standard and postmasters High option. Pm sent copies of its eight Page score card called How members rated their health plans As part of the open season guide. But some agencies still Haven to Given them out. They should be available at the health benefits office and Are most useful when combined with the those ranking 90 or better in Quality of a big pictures advice in premiums and care Are foreign service Samba Post masters High option government employees Hospital association National benefits a contained in Check books a guide to 1995 health plans for Federal employees or the open season guide. New owner is a done Deal for from left filmmaker Steven Spielberg capital Cules Abc inc. Executive Robert Iger former Walt Disney co. Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and recording Mogul David Geffen. Sure will Combine a Abc s experience in programming and distribution with Spiel Berg Katzenberg Geffen a unparalleled expertise and Success in All aspects of the  Spielberg has been involved with the hit series  while Katzenberg was in the venture produces but said there Are financial incentives in the agreement for the venture to choose an Abc outlet for its programs. In addition to Abc to capital cities has an 80 percent stake in the esp Cable network and smaller stakes in other solved with Disney a prodigious to pro Cable services and owns to stations. Its auction including the hit Abc shows Home improvement and Ellen. Iger said capital cities wont automatically get the exclusive right to everything network leads the primetime ratings. The company has a similar to production Deal with Brillstein Grey entertainment inc. Gaining c-17 test clears 45,000-hour Mark Long Beach Calif a a me Donnell Douglas c-17 transport prototype has finished 45,000 hours of simulated flight a the aircraft a warrantied life Span the company said monday. A c-17 Airframe in Long Beach subjected to pressure from More than 260 Hydraulic devices passed the 45,000-hour Mark in simulation on Friday the St. Louis company said. The company said the test simulated More than 30 years of actual flying and represented a 50 percent increase above the life Span envisioned by designers. New York apr Consumers have sending Consumers offers through the been inundated with offers for new credit mail is the main Way that credit card cards but a study shows that Many mailings companies get new customers. Card commend up in the trash can. Response rates to panties sent out a record 1.2 billion pieces credit card mailings fell to their lowest rate of mail in the first six months of this year Ever in the first half of 1994, according to the behavioural analysis inc., a marketing research firm in Tarrytown. Only 1.6 percent of the people who received solicitations actually signed up for the card according to Bai that a below the average response rate of 2.5 percent in a typical year said Kate Permut vice president of marketing. People usually toss the mailings out because they have enough credit Cardi because there Are too Many new offers and because mass mailings Are not an effective Way of reaching Consumers Permut said. Compared with 1.5 billion for All of 1993, to be sure a lot of people Are still signing up for new cards. Nearly 20 million new card applications were submitted by Consumers to the nations Banks in the first half of the year Bai reported. But response rates tend to decline As the number of mailings increase making Consumers feel barraged. For example the highest response rate Ever recorded by Bai was in the last three months of 1991, when it reached 3.7 percent. Only 151 million new offers were mailed during that period Bai said. Jack Daniel testing slow brewing Beer Lynchburg Tenn. A the distillery that gave drinkers a slow sipping whiskey is now testing a slow brewing Beer. Jack Daniel distillery began testing its Jack Daniel 1866 classic Amber lager Beer in Nashville  restaurants and taverns monday spokesman Roger Brash ers said. It will decide whether to Market the beverage after conducting a monthlong taste test. The Beer is made in a brewery on the distillery grounds at Lynchburg 70 Miles South of Nashville. R