GT Advanced Technologies unveils reorganization proposal
Bondholders, large creditors to gain ownership, shareholders would get nothing
Author: Bob Sanders
Once-lauded Nashua medical company files for bankruptcy
Legal entanglement with Panama firm contributed to Skelley Medical’s action
November bankruptcies hit 25-year low in NH
Two Granite State businesses file for protection
Lawsuits target NH aggregate companies over waterway discharges
Conservation Law Foundation suits allege failure to file permits
Minimum wage migration?
Does a higher rate attract NH employees?
Bank of NH to buy Community Guaranty Savings
Deal offers $12.9 million in cash for Plymouth bank
iCAD revenue falls over reimbursement uncertainty
Non-melanoma treatment questions lead to 24% drop
Bottomline reports 1Q loss, but sees gains
Company: 15% increase in subscription revenue is the ‘headline’
Planet Fitness: good news and bad news
Company loses $3.9m in 3Q, but revenue rises 8.4 percent
Business urged to ‘take the lead’ in drugs fight
NH’s addiction crisis ‘a drag on the economy’
Keene’s C&S ranked 22nd on top private company list
Grocery distributor’s 2014 revenue estimated at $25.9 billion
PC Connection sees record third quarter
‘Highest quarterly sales and net income in company history’
Standex sees sales dip, profits rise
But CEO says fiscal year ‘off to an excellent start’
Somersworth GE plant acquired by Florida firm
70 layoffs expected in early 2016
Ruger reports 23 percent hike in sales
Gun maker sees 76 percent rise in earnings
GT Advanced Technologies reaches new furnace deal with Apple
Apple would forgive debt after companies hold Nov. 23 auction
Two NH businesses file for bankruptcy
Lowest number of filings in 25 years
Q&A with NH AFL-CIO president Glenn Brackett
‘I believe our first responsibility is to grow good jobs in New Hampshire,’ says Glenn Brackett, recently elected as president of the NH AFL-CIO.
2016 will see big changes on health care exchange
The addition of Medicaid recipients will double the amount of individuals while penalties for lack of insurance rise sharply
Ruger enters ammo business with ‘revolutionary’ technology
Georgia-based PolyCase to manufacture handgun, pistol bullets
NH jobs picture ‘a laggard’ behind Mass.
Study: Granite State post-recession employment growth half of Bay State’s
Study rates NH stocks among the best
Average annual return is almost double national average
GT Advanced Technologies seeks to sell Hyperion business
$1.1 million sale must be approved by bankruptcy court
Portsmouth athletic apparel firm wins a round in bankruptcy court
Judge agrees that ‘suffocating’ contract tied company’s hands
Four NH businesses file for bankruptcy
Lowest number of September filings in 25 years
Firm’s technology aims to spread less salt
Sensible Spreader touts enviro, cost benefits
Smaller firms, meet the ACA
For 2016, the requirements bar is lowered
NH business tax amnesty on tap to start in December
Penalties, half interest would be forgiven on back taxes filed between Dec. 1 and Feb. 15
NH Senate panel takes on tip-sharing, again
Committee mulls over whether employer suggestion is more of a demand
Top investor backs down from Performance Sports Group proxy fight
But Canadian businessman blasts firm for retail strategy, ‘character assassination’
Share of NH residents without health insurance drops below 10 percent
Census survey also shows more higher-income residents and more living in poverty
When do companies comply with state’s WARN Act?
Recent big layoffs show loopholes in compliance
Business tax cuts set as NH budget compromise is OKd
BPT, BET reductions to take effect in 2016
NH budget compromise means bigger one-year business tax cuts
Measure to be voted on Wednesday also includes revenue-linked future rate decreases
Planet Fitness reports healthy earnings
First earnings release after IPO shows $11.5m net income
GT Advanced Technologies reports $15m July loss
Bankruptcy filing reveals firm’s latest financial picture
Report says Anthem-Cigna merger would hurt NH most
AMA points to market share of combined company
Suit alleges GTAT ‘chaos’
Shareholders say firm tried the ‘impossible’
Report: NH lags the region in solar energy
State’s has 4 watts of installed solar per capita; Vt. has 112
NH bankruptcies rise for first time since 2010
13% more filings in August than a year ago
Standex acquisitions help bottom line
FY 2015 sales increase by 27%
$2 million NH R&D tax credit cap exceeded again
184 businesses receive less than 30% of the amount they sought
GTAT cuts workforce by another 40 percent
‘Part of the normal procedure’ of going through bankruptcy, company says
NH firm says it’s done what GTAT couldn’t do
ARC Energy produces sapphire for large-scale production
Pressures tighten on for-profit colleges
Industry is struggling to survive in NH, elsewhere
Bottomline reports quarterly loss, but sees opportunities
CEO encouraged by subscription revenue growth
Timberland sales boost parent company’s quarterly earnings
VF Corp. reports $100m boost in revenue, $13m in income
Enterasys parent announces 20% workforce reduction
But it’s unknown how many in New Hampshire are affected
Sprague sales drop in second quarter
But net loss for period falls $7m from a year ago
iCAD reports $27.8m loss, cost-cutting measures
Medicare reimbursement issues hurt earnings
More news from NHBR:
Most NH education funding safe from fed shutdown, commissioner says
Key federal funding for New Hampshire schools has not been affected by the shutdown in Washington, Department of Education Commissioner Caitlin Davis said Thursday, Oct. 9 — at least the money that flows through the state Department of Education.
‘Housing as another form of infrastructure’
New Hampshire voters aren’t feeling much relief from their anxieties about the state’s housing crisis. The continued reduced housing inventory, which pushes home prices higher, is also dampening labor market in the Granite State, according to a pair of studies.
Unbottling the Nongfu Spring deal
New Hampshire’s attorney general says no improprieties by state officials preceded the sale of a large Nashua commercial building to China’s largest water bottler. But Attorney General John Formella’s report to Gov. Kelly Ayotte dated Oct. 3 says the provisions of federal law should have taken place prior to the sale of the 337,391-square-foot building at 80 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring.
A fully wired NH expected by 2026
Despite a shift in policy, New Hampshire officials expect 100% of the households and businesses in the state will have access to broadband internet by 2026.
Trump administration sues NH, seven other states over voter files
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is suing New Hampshire Secretary of State Dave Scanlan, arguing he is illegally withholding the state’s voter file from federal officials.
Watchwords for NH economy: ‘Uncertainty rules’
Brian Gottlob uses these words to describe the state’s current economic climate: “Uncertainty rules.” The director of the New Hampshire Employment Security's Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau raised several issues — from immigration and unemployment, to housing prices and consumer spending — as reasons for both hope and concern for the economy into 2026.
NH trade mission to Canada seen as having positive results
Gov. Kelly Ayotte led the visit, which included a selection of policymakers as well as businesspeople representing a wide array of enterprises.
More Chinese-owned property in Nashua comes into focus
Nashua Mayor seeks funds to buy the long-vacant Daniel Webster College site from Chinese-owned Xinhua amid rising debate over foreign property ownership.
NH residential real estate: ‘Still very much a seller’s market’
While home prices might be moderating in other parts of the country, the median price of a single-family house in New Hampshire rose to $550,000 in August, the second highest price point this current year. That price is just $3,000 more than the $547,000 recorded in July, but it is $47,500 more than January’s $502,500. The highest median price in 2025 was $569,450, recorded in June and the most ever recorded in the state.
