In a strange way, I feel this merits the HN black bar treatment if only because of its historical import.
It's not appropriate here. A human life and money are not comparable no matter how much money.
Seriously, the accounting fictions used for various economic analyses don't directly apply in the real world.
Which is why this $500m loss is not the same as 71.43 deaths, even if that many deaths might result in a $500m settlement.
Oh, Just wait a few days... =/