Norm:
The UK financial community and the British Government have used billion the
way we do for many years. If you watch Commons Question Time on CSPAN (15:00
and 18:00 Eastern Time on Sundays), you'll hear it used quite a bit.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
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> Behalf Of Norman Werling
> Sent: April 05, 2001 23:07
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:12056] Independent
> Newshttp://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=65006
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>
> Does this appear that the UK uses billion in the same way the US does?
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=65006
>