Television emits international distress signal

[pne]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/18/odd.television.reut/index.html

Someone's year-old Toshiba flat-screen TV emits a distress signal which was picked up and resulted in a visit by a contingent of local police, civil air patrol and search and rescue personnel. He was told to keep his TV off or risk a $10'000 fine for "willingly broadcasting a false distress signal."

Buh?

Comments

10'000

[pne.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure where I picked up the habit; it's certainly not the common German way (which would be "$10.000,00" -- or simply "$10.000" if no decimals are involved).