In Downturn, Travelers Bring a Sense of Frugality (New York Times)

Employees on business trips, well aware of the economic downturn, are increasingly responsive to management?s call to cut travel costs.

$AVING YOU MONEY: Office supply frugality also saves the environment (Muskogee Phoenix)

Editor’s note: One in a series. As an administrative assistant at First Church of the Nazarene, Kate McCullough seeks to be a wise steward on office expenses.

Town Seeks a Library Benefactor to Ward Off Taxes (New York Times)

In New Hampshire, where frugality is prized, a town?s new library has thousands of books, but it needs a budget so it can open without a local tax increase.

As it asks for bailout, GM cuts extravagance, office supplies (USA Today)

General Motors' Cadillacs and Hummers may be icons of extravagance, but a cash crunch is forcing frugality on the automaker, from paper clips to auto shows.

GM, losing billions, now pinches pennies (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

USA Today reports that frugality is the new watchword at General Motors, and describes cost cuts ranging from canceling star-studded parties to skimping on office supplies.