Author: NH Business Review Staff

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 18

A look at today's top business headlines, including: 20 NH companies on 2016 Inc. 5000; Massachusetts ruling threatens New England pipeline project; Aetna warned it would drop out of Obamacare exchanges if its merger was blocked; Dover firm lands $150m contract with Massachusetts; Pittsburg food pantry closes, as organizers struggle to find new home

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 17

A look at today's top business headlines, including: July jobless rate up slightly in NH; Last chance to weigh in on N.H.'s 'Teflon Toxin' drinking water standard; Post-IPO, Planet Fitness keeps growing; Marriott Residence Inn coming to downtown Manchester in 2018

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 16

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Supreme Court opens door for Northern Pass intervenors; 145-room hotel planned near Verizon Wireless Arena; Loan default seen after Performance Sports Group filing delay; NH's Seacoast prepares for a rising sea in surprising ways; Sentencing in Isaacson case pushed back again

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 15

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Northern Pass experts to take questions, but not all can hear answers; Struggling Gorham Paper & Tissue paying off debts; 'Double dipping' stresses NH retirement system; U.S. open to settlement offer with Anthem, Cigna

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 12

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Big increase in OSHA fines take effect; Environmental group drops suit against Eversource; Consolidation continues among region’s broadband providers; Maine mother sues NH slaughterhouse in E. coli outbreak; Driver who crashed into Gov. Hassan ID'd as director of NH's oldest symphony

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 11

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Another health insurance co-op sues feds; CMC in alliance with Mass General; Key tenants and other details announced for Bedford's new Market and Main project; 150 apartments proposed for Bedford Wayfarer site; Progress reported in ending veteran homelessness in NH New Hampshire, Macy's to close 100 more stores

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 9

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Big drop reported in NH workers’ comp costs; Pros, cons of commuter rail extension to NH; States, including: New Hampshire, vie to shield the wealth of the 1 percent ; Good News Garage shut down due to lack of license; New Hampshire fashion designers make 'Olympic sprint' to Rio

New Hampshire's Business News for Aug. 8

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Saying good-bye to The Rock, Jaffrey real estate company pleads guilty to illegal dumping, Delta flights disrupted around the world, For some rowdy concertgoers in Gilford, show’s over before it even begins, NHBR Q&A: Poison Ivy remover Helaine Hughes

New Hampshire's Business News for August 5

A look at today's top business headlines, including: EPA says Brady Sullican broke lead paint laws, R&D tax credit filings surpass 2017, Trump in NH on Saturday, former senator calls Trump a sociopath, Chris Sununu supports Northern Pass, possible new restrictions for local lobster fishermen, Chunky's Cinema Pub coming to former Lowe's site in Manchester

Ratepayers lose in Eversource deal

To the editor: Your analysis of the settlement deal (“Behind the big deal,” July 23-Aug. 4 NH Business Review) was short on analysis of the impacts on Ever­source ratepayers. The deal puts the cost of the scrubber at $415 million…

15 percent rent increase over five years seen across state

According to the NH Housing Finance Author­ity’s annual residential rental cost survey, half the counties in the state show vacancy rates at well below 2 percent, while the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment, including utilities, stands at $1,206. Most…

New Hampshire's Business News for August 4

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Sturm Ruger CEO to step down, Dover man pleads guilty for gun smuggling, candidates divided over Americans for Prosperity pledge, Taj Mahal casino closing, new Mass. law calls for equal pay, senior housing coming to Plaistow

New Hampshire's Business News for August 3

A look at today's top business headlines, including: NH still waiting for Powerball winner to claim prize, NH hospitals sue Martin's Point Healthcare, Trump rips on Kelly Ayotte, union backs Van Ostern for governor, Sap House Meadery expands in Center Ossipee and Hindsale Post Offices turns 200

New Hampshire's Business News for August 2

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Performance Sports Group to close two facilities and lay off 85, Corriveau-Routhier out of business, gas prices continue to drop in NH, Sal's pizza expands in Salem, Portsmouth Gas Light Co. ready to reopen after fire, CarMax Auto buys former Walmart store location in Manchester

New Hampshire's Business News for August 1

A look at today's top business headlines, including: NH's transparent health care cost, Minuteman Health sues the federal government, new GMO labeling law, NH's aging workforce, Ruger cartridge outlawed in Canada, the latest Powerball winner is from NH, Riverwide Barbeque to expand in Nashua and why your electric bill will be increasing over the next few years

New Hampshire's Business News for July 29

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Atrium Medical Corp. settlement, NH Liquor Commission lawsuits, is natural gas worse than coal for climate, Northeast Credit Union and Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union announce merger, Beara Irish Brewing launches Unity beer to raise money for Orlando and Dallas shootings victims

New Hampshire's Business News for July 28

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook has roots in NH, NH mom talks about gun control, could the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard flood, Portsmouth Regional Hospital to open an ER in Seabrook and will Stop & Shop merge with Hannaford

New Hampshire's Business News for July 27

A look at today's top business headlines, including: NH governor's race heats up with business ads, new overtime rule goes into effect soon, Franklin rehab center expands, Arlington Hotel to open in Bethlehem next month and NH man settles lawsuit with actor Charlie Sheen

New Hampshire's Business News for July 26

A look at today's top business headlines, including: Jack Donovan of the Business Finance Authority to retire, Currier Museum names new CEO and director Alan Chong, Keene woman speaks at DNC about heroin and opioid crisis in NH and gas prices continue to drop and stay low

New Hampshire's Business News for July 25

A look at today's top business headlines, including: details of the Eversource power plant agreement, Northern Pass clears another hurdle, NH's incentives for pellet stoves and other sustainable energy, Cannon Mountain gets okay for more snowmaking and developers want to expand The Balsams Resort