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> setting aside 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 million). Billion, million, googol, whatever. For CNN and Swiss bankers it doesn't make difference. Executives ass
by expertentipp 4y ago
> setting aside 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 million).
Billion, million, googol, whatever. For CNN and Swiss bankers it doesn't make difference. Executives assuring that everything is all calm and orderly means how many breaths it has left?
- moffkalast 4y agoI mean it's a billion CHF, Michael, what could it cost? 10 dollars?
- expertentipp 4y agoI'm afraid we have bad news for dollar-speaking investors, sir.
- TheCleric 4y agoThere's always money in the banking stand.
- withzombies 4y agoIs this one of those billion = long million mistakes in some languages? Not everyone agrees that a billion is 1000 million and it can get really confusing sometimes. > Other countries use the word billion (or words cognate to it) to denote either the long scale or short scale billion. (For details, see Long and short scales § Current usage.) > Milliard, another term for one thousand million, is extremely rare in English, but words similar to it are very common in other European languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion#:~:text=Other%20countries%20use%20the%20word%20billion%20%28or%20words,it%20are%20very%20common%20in%20other%20European%20languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion#:~:text=Other%20countr....
- expertentipp 4y agoBillion and Milliard are commonly mistaken between SI and "imperial" countries. Million (10^6) is rather unequivocal.