11.   Women should not surrender any gains they have made in the gender-equity turf wars.

12.   Philippine stocks closed slightly lower Thursday, with most stocks surrendering early gains as investors continued to consolidate recent profits.

13.   Broader market measures also surrendered early gains to finish lower.

14.   Broader stock indicators were lower after surrendering early gains.

15.   Broader indexes also surrendered modest gains.

16.   But it surrendered those gains in the afternoon as investors took profits before the weekend.

17.   But the greenback surrendered early gains Tuesday as Tokyo stocks advanced.

18.   But the greenback surrendered early gains Tuesday as Tokyo stock prices advanced in the morning.

19.   Mexican stocks closed lower Tuesday, surrendering gains in the last leg of trading on pressures from an erratic Nasdaq composite index.

20.   Mexican stocks closed flat Thursday, surrendering earlier gains on pressures from profit-takers.