>>Billion = english for one million millions.
However, in business usage in UK, Billion means one thousand million, just like the US billion. <<
" A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money" - attributed to the late Illinois Senator Everett M. Dirksen
The UAL bankruptcy court hearings are held in the, you guessed it, Dirksen Federal Building...
Last edited by Airbubba; 29th Jan 2003 at 21:38.