1.   Below that level their stock losses would outweigh gains.

2.   -- Households are burdened by debts that outweigh any gains they may have realized from the boom in securities prices during the long bull market.

3.   But advocates for riders and environmental groups contend that the health risks of diesel emissions outweigh the gains in efficiency.

4.   But if the company became branded as an American bully, the cost to its image could have far outweighed the gains from a courtroom victory.

5.   But on balance, experts say, the intelligence losses outweigh the gains and will for some time.

6.   Copper rallied to its highest price in more than a month as expectations for strong demand in the first quarter outweighed a gain in inventories.

7.   Colorado stocks were mixed, as losses from Storage Technology Corp. outweighed gains from Barrett Resources Corp. and UAL Corp.

8.   Declines in stocks shedding dividends outweighed the gains.

9.   Declines in regional telephone, computer and chip stocks outweighed gains in oil, insurance and bank shares.

10.   For others, the cost seems to outweigh the gain.