At 08:56 AM 9/15/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> >HUH? million=1E6, billion=1E9, trillion=1E12,
>...
> >What is ambiguous about billion? Or do other
> >countries have a different value?
>
>That is the exact problem. A UK billion is 1E12 ...

The UK has pretty much given in to the US influence on that, from what
I can see by reading the Financial Times.

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