It was quite humourous to find the below statements in articles I read one after the other this morning –
“Much of the speculation has come from Google’s annoucment in July that it was willing to spend $4.6 billion to buy wireless spectrum in a US Federal Communications Commission auction.”
— http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/aug/04google.htm
“Britain to Spend $2.4 Billion on Security“
— http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2007/gb2007083_950552.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily
At least in grabbing headlines with monetary outlays, the corporate worlds beats even the biggest of economies hands down!!