1.   As Amazon.com has trimmed expenses, Boston consultant Patricia Seybold says she has seen signs that the online retailer is letting its customer service slip.

2.   As you develop self-discipline, you may find other ways to trim expenses without encountering a lot of hardships.

3.   Attempting to avoid a financial squeeze, MotherNature.com, a Concord start-up that sells vitamins, has been trimming advertising expenses.

4.   By concentrating on this phony issue, lawmakers are wasting time that could be spent trimming government expenses.

5.   Epoch Partners analyst Seth Spaulding said he was perplexed that the stock fell steeply on the layoff news, since investors normally welcome efforts to trim expenses.

6.   Fund companies took modest steps to trim expenses at the start of this year.

7.   HP said it had strong sales in the second quarter and suggested it needs to trim expenses.

8.   Monroe said with these costs rising, the government will most likely attempt to trim Medicare expenses across the board.

9.   Pollet says Hanford managers, under pressure to trim expenses, have approved budget cuts of safety-related improvements for the fiscal year.

10.   Securities brokerage sin Asia have trimmed expenses and put expansion plans on hold this year as tumbling currencies drag down financial markets from Mumbai to Manila.