Numbers: Aug. 30, 2004

$23,000 Estimate given by Florida contractors to clear two trees from the roof of an Orlando house in the aftermath of hurricane Charley

$1,000 Penalty for price gouging under Florida law

3.2 million Number of tickets sold or distributed for the Athens Olympics, out of an estimated 5.3 million available

40% Estimated percentage of ticket holders who haven't shown up

$3 Discount that delegates at the Republican National Convention will receive at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City

$5 Discount protesters at the convention are being offered at the Museum of Sex, if they wear a PEACEFUL POLITICAL ACTIVIST button issued by the New York City government

$85 Share price of the initial public offering of Google, well short of the original estimate, from $108 to $135

$108.31 Price of Google shares at the end of the first two trading days, a gain of 26%

Sources: New York Times (2); Miami Herald; ATHOC; New York Times (2); BBC (2)