Then there are its massive plans for Manila's harbor where it owns 148 acres, only a third of which is taken up by Mall of Asia.

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The stock had plunged 75% over the previous two sessions after a software glitch caused it to make erratic trades in 148 stocks.

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It earned his firm Appaloosa a 148 percent return that year.

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From 2004 to 2007, it issued licenses for the sale of 148 machines, but only 34 of them were sold and delivered.

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There are no other data points from the 90s, but according to this table it was 147.7 in 1990, 148.3 million people for 91 and 96 and the number decreased to 146.3 in 2001.

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Bowker counted over 235, 000 titles self-published in print and digital compared to 148, 424 titles in 2011, although it counts only those books with ISBNs.

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It might make it up to that mid-May gap down at about 148.

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The Plan A drill -- a mining drill -- reached 148 meters (486 feet), but the hole it was drilling would still need to be widened to 70 centimeters (27.5 inches) to accommodate the rescue capsule.

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