Ezenia, the Nashua software company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of September, is claiming assets of $2.5 million and debts of close to $900,000, according to subsequent filings.But on closer examination, the largest asset --…
A bill that would let entrepreneurs sell ownership stakes in their companies through crowdfunding websites and other online social networks has been overwhelmingly approved by the U.S. House.Earlier this month, members of the House voted 407-17 in favor of HR…
New Hampshire's bankruptcy crest, which began in the spring of 2009, has now subsided. Ever since May, the number of filings in 2011 has not just been lower than last year's, but below 2009 filings as well. And in October…
Larger businesses in New Hampshire could get a big break in their business profits tax bill if a measure passed by the Senate Ways and Means committee becomes law.Senate Bill 155 would allow businesses to increase their maximum annual deduction…
GT Advanced Technology's second-quarter profits and revenue declined compared to last year at the same time, and the company has revised its guidance downward, but GT still has a $2.1 billion backlog of orders.The Merrimack-based maker of material and equipment…
Pennichuck Corp. reported comprehensive income of $2 million, or 51 cents a diluted share, for its third quarter, slightly less than the $2.2 million figure reported during the same quarter of last year, even though net income and revenue increased…
GT Advanced Technology is employing a "continued strategy of competition by litigation" in filing a "frivolous" and "completely false and baseless" lawsuit against Poly Plant Project Inc. last week, the Burbank, Calif., company said in a Monday morning press release."This…
PC Connection posted net income of $9.4 million, or 35 cents a share, in its third quarter ending Sept. 30, up slightly from the $8.6 million posted during the same quarter last year.That brings profits at the Merrimack-based firm to…
Robert and Gary Bahre, former owners of New Hampshire International Speedway and the Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine, and a New York real estate firm are the largest owners behind the casino under construction in Oxford, according to documents released…
On June 15, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' reporting standard known as SSAE 16 effectively replaced the SAS 70 standard for U.S. service organizations to test their internal controls.With SSAE 16, AICPA has developed a reporting standard intended…
The ongoing debate over the role of government, spending and the national debt illustrates more than we need to know about our current political system.One doesn't need to be clairvoyant to see the impact of the ideological battle on our…
A prominent topic in the career development field, and indeed in the popular culture, are the "hottest careers of the year." You know the headlines: "Hottest Careers of 2012," "Coolest Jobs for Today's College Grads" and "Present-Day Must-Have Careers."These make…
Q. As a small business owner, I can't offer the types of benefits large corporations can. Are there things I can do that don't cost a lot of money to retain employees?A. As a small business owner you actually have…
It's a beautiful morning and I'm headed to a meeting when -- oh no, a school bus!Well, I'm stuck. The bus stops every 50 yards or so for the little darlings. The lights start flashing and everything stops. The kids…
The imminent opening of the access road to the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, to be known as Raymond Wieczorek Drive, as well as the Interstate 93 widening project and other infrastructure improvements, got me thinking about roads. So did a recent…
The American people are waiting for leadership from Washington. They desperately want to see both parties work together to strengthen our economy and reduce our deficit for the good of the nation. But instead of debating these issues, Congress was…
Just a little over four years ago, New Hampshire found itself in an enviable financial situation. With $89 million in the rainy day fund to protect against future economic downturns, we had a chance to make a strong case for…
It started with a simple statement from the president: "Middle-class families shouldn't pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires."The right wing exploded. The Union Leader said the president was being "disingenuous." Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock called the president a liar.…
If U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte gets her way, New Hampshire retailers that sell their goods online to residents of other states won't have to collect and remit sales taxes back to those states.That's the gist of a new bipartisan resolution,…
There has been a flurry of earnings reports over the last week from public companies based in New Hampshire or with substantial operations in the Granite State. Here is what some firms have reported.StandexStandex International Corp., Salem, reported a net…
GT Advanced Technologies has widened its litigation against the Italian citizen who allegedly stole the Merrimack-based company's technology and the California company that allegedly benefited from the alleged intellectual property thievery.The maker of equipment and materials used to manufacture solar…
Legislation to change and update the nation's patent laws has been lost in the headlines about the economy. But patent attorney William Loginov of Concord has been keeping a close eye on the legislation, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, which…
New Hampshire recently lost two significant citizens, one well known and one less so, but both important.Former Congressman Perkins Bass of Peterborough died Oct. 25 at age 99. Bass, himself son of a Republican governor, Robert Bass, was born in…
Thirteen businesspeople were honored Oct. 27 at the New Hampshire Business Review's ninth annual Business Excellence Awards, which recognize the efforts and achievements owners of companies with 100 employees or fewer. More than 300 people attended the event, which was…
They are hardly "huddled masses" and far from "poor" or "wretched refuse," but they are foreigners and they want to become U.S. citizens. And, under the federal EB-5 visa program, they not only don't have to wait in line, they…
Simon Property Group promises upscale shopping at the Merrimack Premium Outlets, but the company isn't naming names when it comes to which tenants will fill its 100 stores when it opens next spring.The only known tenant at this point is…
Bottomline Technologies reported a net income of $1.7 million (a nickel a share) in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year, which ended on Sept. 30.That's a falloff of nearly $1 million from the $2.7 million net income reported…
Presstek, Inc.'s stock will be delisted if it doesn't get its stock price up, Nasdaq warned the company last week. But the Hudson-based printing equipment can still be traded on the exchange, at least until April.The company's stock traded below…
A bill that set out to repeal all of the health insurance mandates passed when Democrats last had control of the New Hampshire Legislature will effectively repeal only one - a mandate that insurers pay for midwives - at least…
Patrick C. McHugh, FairPoint Communications' assistant general counsel in northern New England, has been named the company's New Hampshire state president.He succeeds Teresa Rosenberger, who stepped down from the post last month to return to her work at the Devine…
A group of former FairPoint Communications creditors has filed suit against Verizon Communications, charging that the giant telecom is to blame for FairPoint's bankruptcy and continued financial troubles.The creditors have formed a litigation trust and filed a $2 billion fraudulent…
The bankrupt Kingsbury Corp. told its workers Monday they might have to wait until the company is sold before they can get paid three weeks' back wages from July.The company was in Bankruptcy Court in Manchester to get approval from…
As part of a move to expand its New England footprint, Alabama-based Books-A-Million recently opened its first New Hampshire store and will open two more by the end of this week.Books-A-Million had a soft opening of its first Granite State…
Thirteen businesspeople were honored Thursday night at the New Hampshire Business Review's ninth annual Business Excellence Awards, which recognize the efforts and achievements owners and operators of companies with 100 employees or fewer.More than 300 people attended the Oct. 27…
Customers of Daddy's Junky Music whose items were being repaired or who had made deposits on equipment are trying to figure out where they stand now that the New Hampshire-based chain of music equipment stores closed its doors abruptly Wednesday…
Hampton-based Unitil Corp. posted a net loss of $1.6 million, or 15 cents a share, in its third quarter, thanks to expensing $2 million in costs due to the ice storm in 2008. But, according to the company's earnings report…
FairPoint Communications is taking on the nation's biggest competitive local exchange carrier -- or CLEC -- in federal court, saying it is owed $6.2 million.On Monday, FairPoint's two subsidiaries (Vermont LLC and Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC ) filed…
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of The New York Times best-selling book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," will deliver the keynote address at the first New Hampshire Women's Caucus.The "What Women Want Now"…
The total dollar amount of future construction contracts in New Hampshire picked up somewhat in September, putting a stop to a troubling downward trend.According to industry information service McGraw Hill Construction, which collects the data, future construction contracts totaled $98.6…
The New Hampshire House Commerce Committee Tuesday backed away from requiring health insurers to cover patients using naturopath doctors as primary care physicians in the small group market.Instead, the requirement will be limited to the individual market, where people already…
VF Corp.'s acquisition of Stratham-based The Timberland Company earlier this year has paid off immediately and more than expected, according to the North Carolina-based firm's earnings report released Monday.VF closed the deal $2.3 billion deal on Sept. 13, and it…
The U.S. House is trying to weaken the U.S. Senate's bid to reauthorize two programs that bring millions of dollars of research money to small businesses, according to U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who is joining with Republican Sen. Scott…
Shakespeare once wrote, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." In leadership theory and practice, all apply.Our primary goal as a leader is to make more leaders. This is no easy thing to…
Video may have killed the radio star, but online videos have led to increased sales and expanded brand awareness for companies of all sizes and industry - and online video use is increasing at an impressive rate.According to a recent…
If you are embarking on an exploration to determine how best to enter your business into the mobile arena (or want to know if what you've already done was the right choice), one of the first considerations is whether to…
Usually if you're doing the overnight newscast, even on a network like ABC, you wonder if anyone's paying attention. But Dan Kloeffler -- of ABC's "World News Now" early-morning broadcast -- found out that there were people out there watching.Kloeffler…
To the editor:As a New Hampshire business owner committed to preserving a healthy environment, I wanted to offer my thanks to Congressman Charlie Bass for rejecting the TRAIN Act in the House last week. As we witnessed in the GOP…
Unless you live completely off the grid, you cannot have missed the impressive advertising campaign for the Northern Pass project, which proposes building 180 miles of electric transmission lines through New Hampshire to bring Canadian electricity to New England.These daily…
According to the U.S. Department of Education, almost 27 percent of children in America already have access to the school of their choice. As recently as 2007 -- the most recent year of available data from the National Center for…
Claims that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme are just part of a continuing right-wing campaign to smear our most successful, and most popular, government program.Social Security was created in 1935 to solve a problem: millions of Americans were living…
A federal judge heard opening arguments Monday, February 9, in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2024 state law that requires first-time voters in New Hampshire to show proof of U.S. citizenship when they register.
Some state officials and lawmakers are concerned that New Hampshire’s incoming Medicaid premium system may conflict with provisions in Congress’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by more than 70 Hampton taxpayers who argued the town’s 2024 revaluation — which led to increased tax bills — was conducted unfairly and unlawfully.
Now that 2026 is underway, New Hampshire employers should turn their attention to the state’s new Parental Medical Leave law (PML). Effective January 1, 2026, most employers with 20 or more employees are required to provide unpaid leave to allow employees to attend childbirth-related medical appointments, postpartum care and pediatric visits during a child’s first year.
In 2024, computer programmers from DeepMind won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing an AI that predicts protein folding. If AI that is advanced enough to simulate protein folding (and allow programmers to win the world’s top chemistry prize) has arrived, is the law any more complicated? Why should lawyers invest time learning about various facets of the law to draft briefs or contracts, when they can task AI?
During the 2025 legislative session, housing advocates hailed new laws that seek to improve the housing supply in New Hampshire. Included among the legislation was the ability for homeowners to construct detached accessory dwellings units on their property, something local…
New Hampshire has joined 22 other states in signing onto a lawsuit against Uber, arguing the rideshare company was “deceptive” in selling and billing for its subscription service, Uber One, according to a press release from Attorney General John Formella’s office.
Rising energy demand, driven in part by the needs of data centers, AI infrastructure, and other energy-intensive end-users, is accelerating interest in small modular reactors (SMRs), both in New Hampshire and nationally, as a source of reliable, carbon-free power to…
New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi will no longer take part in cases before the state’s highest court, telling her colleagues on the bench that she will instead focus on administrative tasks until she reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in February.
