At 12:22 03/13/99 -0500, Wagner Lipnharski wrote:
>So, you mean that all over the world, is this:
>
>(1) Million        10^6
>(2) Billion (bi)   10^9

actually, in germany a "Billion" is 10^12, too, not only in the uk. 10^9
would be a "Milliarde". you better make your clients use plain numbers
(without decimal points/commas and without commas/points to separate the
thousands) for you BIG checks... :)

ge