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A-Power wins second deal in two days, shares jump
* Wins $2.9 mln deal to build power plants in China
* Shares up 12 pct
Sept 30 (Reuters) – China’s A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd on Thursday won a contract worth RMB 242 million ($2.9 million) to build power plants, its second such contract in as many days, sending its shares up 12 percent.
You have a decimal point error in the APWR story. It should be 29 million, not 2.9 million. How about a retraction/update?
J.F.C.
We did a very bad conversion. We corrected the story to change $2.9 million to $36 million: GBU Editor
Real confusion?
Brazil stocks, real tumble on euro zone woes
Just a grammar correction, but in this use, I believe “reel” would be correct.
Greg
Sigh. There was no mistake. The real is Brazil’s currency. We should be aware that this has caused reader confusion in the past, as well: GBU Editor
A banner with the new Brazilian real currency notes is seen during a presentation ceremony in Brasilia February 3, 2010. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
If it is the name of the currency and you are using it as such, shouldn’t it have been capitalized?
Will you be paying in euros or dollars?
A solar system below 10 kilowatt costs about 3,400 euros in Germany, while a large home solar set-up would sell at more than $70,000 in the United States.
A good point, and the story should have contained a common currency so you could compare apples with apples. We refiled a more useful version: GBU Editor
REUTERS/Jason Reed
Quite a lot, even for a diamond
Rare blue diamond sells for record $9.5 million
GENEVA (Reuters) – A flawless vivid blue diamond weighing 7.03 carats sold on Tuesday for a record 10.5 million Swiss francs (6.2 million pounds), the highest price paid per carat for any gemstone at auction, Sotheby’s said.
The stone sets a record price per carat for any gemstone sold at auction of $1,349,752, (882 million pounds) Sotheby’s said.
in the main part of this article i found a statement which seems to quote a figure that doesn’t relate to the rest of the article. You say 882 million pounds? How could this possibly be the price per carat when the first paragraph says the diamond sold for 6.2 million pounds?
i hope this helps correct the mistakes.
Emma M.
This was a faulty conversion that showed up in some versions of the story. We corrected: GBU Editor
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