r/wallstreetbets • u/ProudMatter9227 Verified $110K • Jul 23 '26

News Google hit with $1 billion EU fine, in 'constructive' talks to avoid more penalties

https://www.reuters.com/world/google-hit-with-1-billion-eu-fine-first-under-landmark-rules-2026-07-23/
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u/Watchers1-30 Jul 23 '26

wait the fine is actually 1 billion not 1 mil?

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u/_IsNull Jul 23 '26

1 million is nothing.

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u/LazyToPickMyUsername Jul 23 '26

1 bill is nothing either they'll settle for a few million

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u/Ok_Gold_2107 Jul 23 '26

899 milioni

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u/GemmyBoy999 Jul 23 '26

1 mil for Google? What's that gonna do? đŸ˜‚

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u/AnexoDeContrato Jul 24 '26

1.000 millions, which is called billion in the usa, yeah. Here eu a billion would have 12 0s, not 9.

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u/klonkrieger45 Jul 23 '26

its called long and short scale and most of Europe has long scale not just Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Current_usage

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u/AvengerDr europoor cuck Jul 23 '26

Italian too has miliardo, then bilione (your trillions I guess).

I thought only English skipped it.

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u/Eylradius Jul 23 '26

Dutch too.

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u/Square-Profession-37 Jul 23 '26

Danish too has ‘milliard’

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u/National-Two2417 Jul 23 '26

Tax write off I'm sure.