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die Milliarde (-n)
   billion (US); thousand millions (UK)
der Milliardär (-e)
   billionaire, multi-millionaire

Eon schreibt 2,6 Milliarden ab.
[German energy company] Eon writes off 2.6 billion [euros].
IBM kann dadurch insgesamt 12,3 Milliarden Dollar ausgeben, um eigene Anteilsscheine wieder zurückzukaufen.
That way IBM can spend a total of $12.3 billion to buy its own stock shares back.
Die meisten Milliardäre sind US-Amerikaner (277), gefolgt von Russen (62) und Deutschen (52).
The most billionaires are Americans (277), followed by Russians (62) and Germans (52).

Related:
drei Milliarden Euro three billion euros
das Milliardendefizit billion-dollar/euro deficit
die Billion (-en) trillion (US)
die Million (-en) million
der Millionär millionaire

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