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Regarding the 4.1 billion Pounds, it needs to be clarified is this billion is the American billion or the standard English billion.

American billion = 1,000,000,000 Standard English billion = 1,000,000,000,000 (a million million —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.114.27.165 (talk) 21:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC).

This should be relatively clear from context, as there is a huge difference between the two. Also, billion is becoming more common for 10⁹ in British English as well (see Long and short scales#Current_usage). — Richie 12:20, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Billion now always means 10⁹ in financial usage, even in British English. Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC)