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Re:Panama: The Hidden Trillions by fegu on Monday October 10, 2016 @04:35AM (#12675842)
(Why is 1000 a k for kilo, but a million is MM, not M for mega?)
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Re:Panama: The Hidden Trillions by dpark on Monday October 10, 2016 @09:13AM (#12676870)
M=Mille. It's used in financial jargon. A mille is also 1000.

I never use a single 'M' by itself when talking about money because it's ambiguous. Mega or mille? If you see MM, it's not ambiguous.

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