Author: NH Business Review Staff

NH manufacturers face two major crises

To the editor: Manufacturers, who employ over 68,000 people, pay the highest hourly wages, and give the best fringe benefit packages, are in danger of having to leave the state of New Hampshire. The biggest crisis is the highest cost…

Immigrants can reinvigorate NH’s economy

To the editor: New Hampshire’s economy is at a tipping point. There exists a shortage of skilled workers that serve tech, health care, manufacturing and other sectors. Reasons for these shortages include an aging workforce and the exodus from the…

CMC pregnancy center tackles addiction

The Pregnancy Care Center at Catholic Medical Center, which cares for medically underserved pregnant moms and babies, is launching a new program to provide addiction treatment and recovery services to pregnant women in the greater Manchester area.  Supported by a…

The CPI and long-term care

To the editor: Re the article about long-term care (“Long-term care is on the ropes in New Hampshire”) in the Nov. 25-Dec. 8 issue: The author implies a cost inflation rate of around 13.5 percent compared with payments of 4.5…

Three teams take home top Social Venture Challenge honors

A student who proposed a project to improve conditions for shrimp farmers in Bangladesh won the student track and two teams headed by recent University of New Hampshire graduates tied as the community track winners in the fourth annual New…