European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters january 7, 1995 today s rates following arc fixed rates at which Community banking an credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. 1.60dutch Guilder 1.69 German Mark. 1.51 nolo Trio rates above apply within the Host country figures Are expressed in dollars to i to British Pound Othor cd Ron lotto the Dollar following arc Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren cies  a ,. A austrian Schilling. 10.913 Bahrain Dinar. 0.37675 belgian franc .31.95 British Pound. 1.5637 Canadian Dollar. 1,4020 danish Krons. 6.098 dutch Guilder 1.7403french franc. 5.357 German Mark. 1.6505 greek drachma. Italian lira. Kuwait Dinar. Norwegian Krone. Portuguese escudo saudi Riyal. Spanish peseta. To. 240.25.1,623.69 0.29956.771159.77 .3.751 132.92 1.3035 39,400.00 Swiss franc turkish lira. Note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $375,90 an ounce Shver quote $4,70anounce. Sources merchants National band & Trust co. And the associated press new York Exchange new York a sales 4 . Price and net change of the 15 most Acyl to now York Stock Exchange Nuoi trading  Lail Chi 10,532,100. 38. It 6,410,500 4,865,200 Nimi Tolme ads Turnill rep loads Waimir into him Oon Molori por motor a Philllp Morolt Chryl a Ftp Resci. . Opo Tuitasi ism got Elovina Yff scads m27h 4,6/6,900 22 f m 3,693,700 14h unch 3,356,400 3.326,100 3,187,000 3,122,800 2.809.5.00 2.437,600 2.351,300 2,205,100 43h -. ?8h v4 s7h1v� 2,160,9002,158,200 12v vt38v 1 13 a 73h mi28h unch american Exchange new York a sales closing. Proc ind net of. The 10 most Active american Stock Exchange issues trading nationally thursday. Hunt Viacom we.   -.7 chess Al a Borsand. . _ Angdahl volume last Chi 7,324,500 1 1/16-1/18 2,058,500 8h i 1,794,500 it 3/18 1,544,500 41m i1328,300 2 11/16-5/16 1,199.300 14.v4 Tiv 1008,600 7m.100 539,500 418,200 6tt v. 9ha 16.h unch 0 i h Dow Jones new York up Dow Jones closing Range of aver Ages on thursday High. Us Clou China 30industrials 3878.83 382535 3850.92 off6.73 20transport 1490.98 1472.98 1492.06 u07.92 1s utilities 184.22 182.44 183.30 Oft 0.92 is stocks 1290.90 1278.40-1289.09 unch British airways cuts fares on flights from . New York a British airways started an off season fare Sale thursday on flights from the United states to Lon Don and beyond. The fares which discount new York London round trips 12 percent to $298, arc subject to government approvals. Tickets must be bought by Jan. 18 for trips Between Jan. 15 Anu March 24.other restrictions include seven Day and Vance purchases and a saturday night stay. Trips to the Middle East far East of Africa require a seven Day stay. Other airlines typically match competitors fares. Two Ford vehicles top list of 1994 . Best Sellers Detroit a a year of consumer craving for new cars and Light trucks ended with two Ford vehicles As the nation s top Sellers. Ford motor co s Taurus was the Best Selling car and its of series trucks outsold everything with 650,000 sales for the year. The Honda Accord was second to Tau rus on the car list for the third consecutive year. General motors cd pickup were no 2 among All Light vehicles. Ford sold 397,037 Taurus sedans an station wagons in 1994 in the United states beating the Accord by 29,422sales, according to year end reports re leased thursday. Half of Taurus sales were to Commer Cial and rental car fleets compared with about 5 percent of Accord sales Honda executives contend the Accord is still the consumer favorite. . Sales totalled slightly fewer than 15 million cars and Light trucks an increase of 8.2 percent from 1993. We be had 36 straight months of sales improvements said Ross Roberts Gen eral manager of the Ford division. We anticipate that the strength of the Indus try is going to  the dig three Domestic automakers finished the year with Light vehicle sales up 7.4 percent. Chrysler corp. Was 7.6 percent ahead of 1093. Go Mycral motors corp. Was up 7.5 percent and Ford was up 7.2 percent y a a  in each Case the Overall percentage gain was boosted by Strong sales of pick  sport Utility vehicles and Miniva is that buyers have been snapping up nearly As fast As they can be built. Light truck sales were up 12.9 percent across the Industry. Sales increased 5.3 percent for Toyota 12.6 percent for Nissan arid 10. Percent for Honda.-. Yvo. Open wide the world s largest plane the ukrainian built Antonov an124, to be loaded wednesday. The cur is bound Abr Fndia via Salt or lifts its nose to allow a train car built in Melbourne Australia land where the electronics will be added. J apr vhf magi dial up competing -.i. " .-,.�.-,A. T  i .,  rate Long distance Dro Arams Washington a in the latest round of Telephone one up Manship sprint is 6ffering_simplified Flat rates for residential Long distance Calls 10 cents a minute at night and 22 cents in prime time. -.  t at the same time Sci announced an automatic 25 per cell discount when the Long distance Bill totals at least $10 a month and a 50 percent discount when its friends & family connections Mem Bers Call other members. There will be no fees no monthly charges said John Donoghue vice pres ident of marketing for Sci. Herb Linncon spokesman for Industry Leader at to said we know we have now or can beat a 22-cent-minute or less rate in daytime hours with our Dis count  he said at to will take a closer look at sprint s 10-ccnts-minute evening and weekend rate. Sprint said it wants to help customers out of the confusion of rates resulting from the advertising wars among Long distance companies. Sci declared its  is to integrate All of the ways that americans stay in touch with their friends and family  sprint s new rate Structure takes effect monday for residential customers who sign up for its sprint sense service. Wally Meyer vice president of Market ing and sales said there is no monthly charge for the customer who signs up in the next three months. After that there will be a $3 charge in any month when the Long distance Bill does t reach $25. The same rates apply whether the Call is just across a state line or to the other Side of the country. The savings for the sprint customer he said will be in the neighbourhood of 40 percent to 50 percent Over what most americans pay during reverting hours when 80 percent of residential Long Dis Tance Calls arc made. I-.,. 1 Meyer said that tie new rates Are for residential customers Only but that sprint business is reviewing its plans. He said sprint decked on the simplified rates after a Survey showed just More than a third of Consumers knew the per minute rate of a Long distance Call. Sprint said the daytime a it will apply from 7 . To 7  the lower rate is in the 12 nighttime hours. Sci s package integrates a number of services including paging and electronic mail. The plan includes sending monthly statements to customers that show exactly How much less Sci charged than at to would have. Sci will offer for the first time regional and National paging service elec tronic mail a personal 800 number to Fol Low the customer wherever he or she May be and a user calling card Donoghue said