The meaning of the term "Big Oil" has changed overnight, as state-controlled PetroChina became the first company worth more than $1 trillion, tripling its value Monday in its debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and making it by far the largest company in the world. picked by wags273 8 months ago

The producer of the BBC Radio 4's "More or Less" show, Michael Blastland, and his London team are taking on the challenge of describing the term "Trillion." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An increase in spending of nearly $1 Trillion in over 4 years?

What happened to this talk of "lowering spending?" Is this the change we're looking for? picked by 1thirteen3 4 months ago

The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that financial losses stemming from the U.S. mortgage crisis might approach $1 trillion, citing a "collective failure" to predict the breadth of the crisis. picked by deEPCHill 3 months ago

Previous estimates had ranged from 750 billion solar masses to up to 2 trillion. Lately, researchers have been leaning toward the higher figure. But now astronomers have used a more refined method to conclude that our galaxy's mass is slightly less than 1 trillion solar masses. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

"....The Bush administration has tried its best to conceal the horrendous costs of the war. It has bypassed the normal budgetary process, financing the war almost entirely through “emergency” appropriations that get far less scrutiny. Even the most basic wartime information is difficult to come by. Mr. Stiglitz, who has written a new book with Ms. Bilmes called “The Three T... read full post picked by DerAlt1 4 months ago

According to the International Coalition for British Reparations, Britain owes the world £31 trillion! If you think they're right, sign the petition. picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Astronomers discovered the largest diamond of all times in space. The weight of the precious stone reportedly makes up ten billion trillion trillion carats or five million trillion trillion pounds). picked by leopoldogolba 6 months ago

Malaysian man gets gigantic bill, ordered to pay up or face prosecution. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago

While mathematics tells us that there are more than 2 Trillion ways to feed a lace through the six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe, this site presents a typical cross-section of traditional and alternative lacing methods. picked by unzercharlie 6 months ago

A new map reveals dense pools of invisible matter tipping the scales at 10 trillion times the mass of the sun and housing a cosmic city of ancient galaxies. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

An ethnic Indian in Malaysia is using an audacious strategy to highlight the plight of his mostly impoverished community by suing Britain, the country's former colonial ruler, for $4 trillion (1.9 trillion pounds). picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

10 billion, trillion, trillion carats. Kobe Bryant's wife says "I want that." picked by misterc 1 year ago

In a year in which roughly 17,000 leading presidential contenders, plus of course Dennis Kucinich, held roughly 63,000 debates, during which they spewed out roughly 153 trillion words; and yet the only truly memorable phrase emitted in any political context was ``Don't tase me, Bro!'' you know there will be a lot of humor to find. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Punk is 'not' dead! (Thank Dog) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Wal-mart wants every CD you buy to cost less than ten bucks. And the nation's largest retailer -- which moved a quarter of a trillion dollars' worth of goods last year -- usually gets its way. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

This year, for the first time, everyone in The Forbes 400 has at least $1 billion. The collective net worth of the nation’s wealthiest climbed to $1.25 trillion. picked by Galoot 2 years ago

Try $4.6 trillion. 19-times the size of the gimmicked 'official' deficit for 2006 of $248 billion. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago

Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail? This site will help: "Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that ... read full post picked by thephrog 2 years ago

The question may not be as silly as it first seems. One guy has done the math to show that there are nearly 2 TRILLION ways to do it. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago