Absurd numbers

"Ford posts better-than-expected results" was the headline. I thought - oh good, maybe they've turned it around.

No.

"[Ford] posts smaller-than-anticipated $1.4 billion Q1 loss amid auto sector downturn."

Whew - I it was going to bad news. $1.4 Billion loss. Thats 1,400,000,000 dollars, or roughly 40,000 average US incomes for a year. Things are looking up!

uh huh.