Numbers

Sunday, June 15, 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