Question For The Day 10 Apr 07

No references to currencies.
Its a serious question.(Apply concepts)

Hints
1. Define Billion.
2. If I correctly remember in my Maths book (CBSE) this logic was actually explained.

Answer for the Day 10 Apr 07

"The way we define a billion in US and traditional UK are different"
One Billion:
US: 109 Millions or a thousand million
UK: 1012 Millions or a million million. (Its not very much in use now)
For all international ranking we use the US definition of Billion.

For further info you can visit:
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxbill00.html
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/billion