The figures offered further evidence of weakness in the housing market, with both home construction and sales at a sluggish pace.

The latest figures on new applications for unemployment benefits also offered little encouragement.

Initial figures valued the incentives package offered to Boeing at $450 million.

Officials hedge, then offer the figures they've trotted out for a decade: 15,000 to 20,000.

Given the general industry practice of discounting ad pages, however, the figures offer little clue to performance.

Today's figures, however, offered hope that incomes could be about to grow somewhat faster.

The flat figures offer fantasy rather than a world of adult-sized problems.

These highly-detailed figures offer new looks at key characters.

And for the friends and relatives of the 972 people who were killed, the figures offer cold comfort.

Indeed, the figures for Russia offer little hope for reform anytime soon.