Numbers: Jun. 23, 2003

$92.4 million Penalties levied against Guidant's Endovascular Technologies unit for hiding flaws in a device it makes to treat weak arteries without surgery; it's largest ever for a medical-technology firm

2,628 Number of complaints about the device that Endovascular concealed from the government

12 Number of deaths that resulted from the device's malfunction

$10 million Annual cost to U.S. taxpayers for TV Marti, a Miami-based television station that broadcasts pro-democracy programming to Cuba

0 Number of Cuban viewers who can legally get TV Marti (the Castro government blocks the signal)

45 Number of years between the last two no-hitters thrown against the New York Yankees--a major league record

6 Number of Houston Astros pitchers who combined to no-hit the Yankees last week--a major league record

ABCNEWS.com Elias Sports Bureau, New York Times

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