1. Prices in Beijing and Shenzhen each rose 0.2%, which was the slowest pace since October 2012.

2. Officials said the military budget would rise about 7% this year, the slowest pace since 2010.

3. That was down from 7.3 percent in 2014 and the slowest pace since 1990.

4. Q2 global smartphone sales were the slowest since 2013.

5. Gross domestic product expanded 7.4 percent in 2014, the slowest pace since 1990.

6. Like on all networks, you can only go as fast as the slowest link.

7. Prices for services reached their slowest pace in more than half a century.

8. Our slowest section was the mile and a half or so of solid, deep whoops.

9. At the bottom of the list, the slowest system runs at 349.3 teraflops.

10. Unemployment is above 13 percent and economic growth is near its slowest pace in two decades.