1. Median prices for newly built and existing houses and condominiums rose a modest 4. 2 percent to $ 174, 000.

2. The Bay Area median price topped out at $ 249, 000 during the second quarter of 1990.

3. The paper proposed median price as the negotiated standard between government and pharmaceutical factory so as to reduce over20percent medicine expense.

4. The median price of a new home fell to $195, 200, from $215, 600 a month earlier.

5. It is unclear what the median price point will be for paid software.

6. Baidu closed at $594.88 on Tuesday, above the median price target of $567.56 from 23 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

7. Most investors use the median price as a guide to what they should pay, though this can vary, depending on strategy.

8. Relative to apartment rents, however, the median price is better balanced and would be considered fairly valued.

9. The median price for existing homes rose from $62, 200 in 1980 to $143, 600 in 2000; by 2006, it was $221, 900.

10. At the worst point this year, the median price of existing homes was off 29 percent from the peak, while the largest drop for new-home prices was 23 percent.

11. In Rochester, where the median price is $110, 000, that number is 93%.

12. As another general rule of thumb, however, the median price presents a more affordable entry price to buyers, sellers and tenants, with more consistent returns.

13. Manhattan's estimated median price dropped 5.8 percent to $914, 544.

14. But again larger concerns generated higher market valuations - the median price to earnings ratio was 24.7 against 15.1 for smaller firms.

15. So, Case and I did identical questionnaires in Los Angeles and Milwaukee and these are median price expectations.

16. The Commerce Department said sales of newly built homes last month fell to the lowest level in 13 years. The median price of homes sold was down nearly three percent from a year earlier.

17. Ten proposed a limit on the Potash Corp. bid, with a median price of $145 a share, the survey showed.

18. "If any more evidence of weakness in the (housing) sector was needed, you have it in the 15.1 percent drop in the median price," Goldman Sachs economists wrote in a note to clients.

19. Chicago has an average annual wage of about 70,000, and homes that sell for a median price of roughly 290,000. That's just over 4 to 1.

20. While only a third of BlackBerry users are willing to pay for apps, it's worth noting that, with a median price of $5.99, they are willing to pay the most for their apps.

21. In fact, 87% of Pittsburgh's population can afford to buy a home at the city's median price.

22. The biggest increase was in the Cumberland area of Maryland and West Virginia, where the median price climbed 21% to $114,900.