Numbers

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Chen Dan, Tam Gray, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Josh Tyrangiel

698 Percentage rise in the first-day stock price of VA Linux Systems, a computer-server company

112 Number of 1999 IPOs that at least doubled in price their first day on the market

25 to 1 Odds fixed on a John McCain presidency by British bookmaker Ladbrokes last June

6 to 1 Current Ladbrokes odds of a McCain presidency

5 Minutes it took Michigan's Chris Young to foul out of a basketball game against Georgia Tech

0 Number of times Wilt Chamberlain fouled out in his 1,045 game pro career

775 Number of dormant Swiss bank accounts, according to a 1995 Swiss investigation

53,886 Number of dormant Swiss accounts held by Holocaust victims, according to a recently released independent-panel investigation

Sources: Wall Street Journal, CommScan, AP, ESPN, Washington Post