Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare

Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by pgrulich on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:57AM (#23639175)

I think he confused the us billion (10⁹) with the german billion (10¹²) ;)

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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by mratsim on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:18AM (#23639770)

What? So what do German use for 10^9, Milliarden?

In French we use Milliard for billion and Trilliard for Trillions (and millions for millions).

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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by tilolebo on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:33AM (#23639908)

Wow, French living in Germany for over 10 years, never realized that Billion meant something else here.

I guess I'm not rich enough, ahah.

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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by detaro on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:20AM (#23639780)

yep. Millionen, Milliarden, Billionen, Billiarden, Trillionen, Trilliarden

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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by linjus on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:40AM (#23640604)

but he used "billions" correctly in the first sentence

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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by siegfried-en on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:47AM (#23639524)

Yeah, that's probably it!

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