New Hampshire's unemployment rate inched down a tenth of a percent in November, to 5.2 percent -- another sign of the agonizingly languid pace of the economic recovery -- according to statistics released Tuesday by the New Hampshire Department of…
Ross Gittell will reach out more to business and industry when he takes over as the new chancellor of the Community College System of New Hampshire, the economist told NHBR Monday, shortly after his appointment was announced.Gittell, a professor at…
From left, Linda Roche, Northeast Delta Dental's senior director of New Hampshire sales, and Joe Kasper, its director of corporate services, present Maria White, CEO of the New Hampshire chapter of the American Red Cross, with a donation to support…
Susan Ryan, president of the Elliot Health System, and Doug Dean, its CEO, stand behind Elliot Hospital Associates, from left, Ethel Chaput, Janie Tibbetts and Elizabeth Stewart at the 10th annual Elliot Hospital Associates Gala, which raised more than $225,000…
The Singer family of Merchants Automotive Group has underwritten the cost of Thanksgiving dinner at New Horizons for New Hampshire, a Manchester soup kitchen and homeless shelter. Pictured with the donation are, from left, Alan Singer, Michael Sidney, New Horizons…
Peter Janelle, right, CEO of The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester, awards John Broderick, dean and president of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, with the organization's 2011 Community Leadership Award. Jay Couture, not pictured, executive director…
The Greater Nashua Arts Initiative -- a young professionals group aimed at supporting arts in the Gate City -- has raised more than $60,000 for renovations to the Edmund Keefe Auditorium in Nashua through an Indigo Girls benefit concert. Pictured…
Staff and board members of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center join Patrick McHugh, New Hampshire's interim president of FairPoint Communications, second from left, Greta Johansson, in orange, state district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Mary…
Eighteen Dover residents celebrate their graduation from the 2011 Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Citizens' Leadership Academy, which is sponsored by Centrix Bank.
Celebrating the opening of the New Hampshire Liquor Commission's newest New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet on Coliseum Avenue in Nashua are, left to right, Mark Bodi, NHLC commissioner; Joseph Mollica, NHLC chairman; State Reps. Lisa Scontsas, Don LeBrun, David…
Cancellation of a military contract to supply lobster to troops in Afghanistan caused havoc in the lobster industry in Maine and New Hampshire, claims a Portsmouth subcontractor that has filed a breach of contract suit in federal court."The military blatantly…
There were slightly more foreclosures recorded in New Hampshire this past October than there were in October 2010, but so far this year there have been significantly fewer foreclosures than there were in 2010.That's according to the New Hampshire Housing…
A new report has found that if Europe slides into a recession, New Hampshire is at "high risk" of being negatively affected, but not nearly as much as some other states.Released by Wells Fargo Securities' Economics Group, the report was…
The Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire has released its 2012 public policy priorities, and as in past years, addressing high health care costs, the state's tax structure and fostering economic growth top the list.Each year, the statewide chamber…
For the third time in as many months, the bankrupt USA Springs has been unable to close on a $60 million loan because initial funding from its Swiss underwriter, Malom Group AG, still has not arrived.The deal, which would enable…
The U.S. Senate has passed an amendment that would reauthorize the popular Small Business Innovation Research program for eight years, but there are still two major hurdles to clear if a long-term reauthorization is to become a reality.For starters, there's…
Bottomline Technologies is acquiring two companies, the Portsmouth-based payroll software company announced Monday.One company, Logical Progression, based near Raleigh, N.C., is described as an early stage company that focuses on the development of Logical Ink, a mobile document technology for…
As coupons find new favor among consumers who, in some cases, have drastically cut grocery bills by aggressively working the system, the Extreme Coupon Professors have been finding a wider and wider audience. The "professors" are Kim Bergeron and Alice…
The voting results won't be in until January, but so far this presidential primary has been a bust for businesses in New Hampshire.As of Sept. 30, the Republican candidates have spent a total of $4.6 million directly in New Hampshire…
The release of New Hampshire's new scan-friendly business tax forms for 2011 will be a crucial step in paving the way for electronic filing, but that step might become a stumble if the Legislature slows down the process by asserting…
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is co-sponsoring a bill that would let entrepreneurs raise up to $1 million a year by selling ownership stakes in their companies through what are known as crowdfunding websites. A similar version of the bill breezed…
I've been around small ad agencies and design shops my entire career, mostly in sales. I've witnessed many conversations that go something like this:Account Executive: "OK, great! Glad you love the design. Now if you can get us the actual…
Thanks to one of the latest changes in banking regulations, business banking customers can now earn interest on their checking accounts. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which became law in July 2010, included numerous changes to the financial services…
Alas, sailing season is over. To ease my withdrawal pains, I read Points East, a nautical magazine. The Editor's Page by Nim Marsh featured a story about the venerable old Lowell Boat Shop on the Merrimack River in Amesbury, Mass.…
To the editor:"'[Unitil's] goal should be that we pay zero taxes, because if we pay taxes, the ratepayers are going to pay it,' said Jonathan Giegerich, corporate tax specialist with the Hampton-based company." ("The great rate debate," Nov. 18-Dec. 1…
To the editor:It seems like almost every issue of NHBR contains an article about "Social Security." The one by Mark Fernald in the Oct. 21-Nov. 3 issue ("A response to the Social Security 'smear campaign'") does a great job of…
Throughout our public service careers, we have been honored to work on behalf of the men and women of our military. We each have seen and experienced firsthand the ingenuity and commitment of our uniformed men and women, their families,…
What now? That's up to you.A great rising in the streets against the intolerable may catalyze healing change and basic reform. Or it may be met by further repression, the club, the gun and mass arrests.As a longtime Clamshell Alliance…
The number of New Hampshire bankruptcy filings sank to their lowest level in three years last month.Some 338 bankruptcy filings were recorded in November, 31 fewer than in October and 90 fewer than in November 2010. They were at about…
New Hampshire is, and loves to be, first. We fight for the first-in-the nation primary, and proudly tout our standing on lists like "healthiest state" and "safest state."However, New Hampshire also has the dubious distinction of being number one in…
On Nov. 19, a memorial service was held in Peterborough for Perkins Bass, the late former congressman from New Hampshire's 2nd District, founder of the law firm for which I work and a distinguished New Hampshirite.This was one of those…
The cost of health care and energy are of major concern to New Hampshire businesspeople, more than taxes, regulations and labor unions, according to a Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire survey released Tuesday.Of course, the biggest concern of…
White Mountains Insurance Group has rewarded its top executives with $6.75 million in special bonuses for their work in building up and selling off the company's Esurance and Answer Financial units, the company disclosed last week to the Securities and…
The National Retail Federation is suing the Federal Reserve over claims that the 21-cent cap it imposed on debit card "swipe fees" for large banks isn't low enough.The debate over what is a reasonable and proportional amount for retailers to…
A Bedford-based Internet trading corporation is actually a Ponzi scheme run by a Canadian resident who used it to pay off previous investors and build up his Ontario horse farm, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The SEC charges…
The bankrupt Ezenia should not pay certain professionals before all others -- especially those it owes money to -- urges the bankruptcy trustee in a matter expected to go before the U.S. Bankruptcy court on Tuesday.The Nashua-based software developer wants…
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has donated $1,000 to the Moultonborough Food Pantry, raised by employees and agents of the firm through its annual July Poker Run. Pictured with the donation are, left to right, Carol Robbins and Beverly Charest of…
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, right, tours the Goffstown headquarters of WoodPellets.com to learn about job creation in the biomass industry and its use as a renewable heating source. From left, John Ackerly, president of the Alliance for Green Heat, and…
B.J. 'Doc' Noel, president of the Hampton Chamber of Commerce, left, presents Deb Marsolais, president of the Hampton Rotary Club, a check for $46,500, the rotary's share of the proceeds from the 2011 Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, during which rotary…
UNTHA America Inc., an Austrian-based manufacturer of industrial shredding equipment, has relocated from Newburyport, Mass. to Hampton. Berhard Mueggler, left, president of the company's U.S. operations, said he expects the move will cut its operational costs by 10 percent annually.…
Members First Credit Union has revitalized a park adjacent to its Bridge Street office and named it in honor of its founder, John Walsh, seated, who established the credit union in 1949 on behalf of Manchester's municipal employees. The park…
The New Hampshire Emergency Nurse Association has recognized Joanna Whittington, center, as its Registered Nurse of the Year. Whittington is a nurse in Memorial Hospital's Emergency Department, where she has reached the highest attainable level of the hospital's clinical ladder.…
Proceeds from the 2011 Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show were donated to several nonprofits in New Hampshire, including the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire, the Daniel Webster Council Boy Scouts of America, and America's Credit Union Museum in…
Concord Housing + Redevelopment hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its new offices at Green St. in Concord, which were designed by Warrenstreet Architects, built by Hutter Construction and financed by Merrimack County Savings Bank. John Hoyt, CH+R executive director,…
Ted Lorenzetti, marketing director of Manchester-based Corflex, leads U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte on a tour of the veteran-owned small business that sells and manufactures orthopedic medical products. Ayotte has cosponsored legislation to repeal the Medical Device Tax, which she said…
Public corporations in the United States are supposed to pay taxes at a 35 percent rate. But effectively, on average -- and by any measure -- they don't, although it does seem that smaller public companies in New Hampshire pay…
This coming Black Friday, you can skip the mad 5 a.m. shopping dash, sleep away the turkey coma and hit up locally owned, independent retailers during regular business hours. Oh, and wear plaid.That's the message of some buy-local business networks…
Marc Sedam, executive director at the Office of Research Partnerships and Commercialization at the University of New Hampshire, is the first to admit that picking commercial winners and losers is at best an imprecise art. He should know.When he managed…
The great poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed to be simple is to be great."Indeed, I was reminded of those words when I thought about the passing of Steve Jobs, yet I was…
A lot of people with their heads stuck in the cloud never thought about having more than one way to get there. The sad news is while most cloud service providers have an excellent up-time availability, your local Internet service…
Author, leadership coach and veteran of 27 years in the Army, Robert Campbell speaks on his 'Battlefield to Boardroom' book series and how companies can become veteran-ready
A tech-entrepreneur turned venture capitalist is eyeing one of the largest undeveloped tracts in Manchester for a community where tech- and startup-minded people would live and work. Freedom Village would be located on 250 acres of mostly wooded land at Hackett Hill, which is located in the northwestern corner of Manchester.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The value of all property in Manchester increased by almost half — 48% ‑ over the past five years, according to preliminary data released by city officials on Oct. 13 The valuations, compiled due to a citywide revaluation, add up to $23.09 billion. The current value of city properties is $15.56 billion, which was based on assessments made during the city's last revaluation.
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Anyone who has taken a transmission line or a wind farm through New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee knows the process is long, expensive and can be fraught with complication.
Artificial intelligence has moved from pilot project to daily practice inside many HR departments.
When Richard “Dick” Levy’s wife, Susan, received a terminal diagnosis of a progressive brain disorder a decade ago, he became her primary caregiver. Doctors estimated Susan had between three and five years left to live.
Interest rates affect nearly every business decision — from expansion plans to asset acquisition to operational budgeting.
