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I'm curious where Standard Oil would stand had it not been broken up.
by mpd 14y ago
I'm curious where Standard Oil would stand had it not been broken up.
- ximeng 14y ago$1tn according to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil#Breakup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil#Breakup
- chmars 14y agoPetroChina was actually worth more than one billion USD a few years ago when a-shares became available at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
- ximeng 14y agoYou mean trillion I think.
- chmars 14y agoIn numbers, I mean 10^12. As a written word, you are right that for most HN readers, trillion is the probably the correct term.
- Luc 14y agoA long-scale billion is a short-scale trillion. How I hate this confusion! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
- chmars 14y agoThanks, I never know which one to use if a use English with a mixed audience.