I believe there is a certain kind of character that does not do well in politics: self-made millionaires.Tough, impatient and independent, these are people who can make a great success of themselves in business, but mostly fail when they enter…
Republican members of the House Commerce Committee bucked their leadership Thursday and voted 15-5 to endorse a health insurance mandate requiring insurance companies to cover people who use naturopathic practitioners as primary care physicians.If the bill is approved, the insurance…
Complaints against payday and other high-interest small lenders nearly doubled in New Hampshire after they were effectively banned from the state in July 2010 -- a statistic that supporters seized on Wednesday in moving forward a bill that would bring…
Leesa A. Smith is president of Freudenberg North America Limited Partnership, coordinating services affecting more than 6,000 employees at 15 companies. She was recently appointed the North American (and only female) representative to the international firm's global executive team.NHBR interviewed…
The Republican candidates (or most of them who were invited) debated issues on Oct. 11 at Dartmouth College in Hanover. This was an interesting location for such a debate, there being a scarce number of GOP voters in that college…
Editor's note: This series of articles follows the progress, challenges and successes of businesses and other organizations in New Hampshire as they implement workplace wellness programs.Pemi-Baker Community Health in Plymouth started implementing a workplace wellness program in 2009. Like many…
Following a remarkably strong recovery in 2010, the growth of global trade has slowed down, according to the latest available monthly statistics on trade flows from around the globe.The growth in the volume of worldwide merchandise exports, measured by the…
The Idea Greenhouse in Durham began simply enough: Entrepreneur Tom Elliott was irritated about the status quo.Elliott, a University of New Hampshire graduate who moved back to the area a few years ago, didn't take long to come to this…
More than 300 people attended NHBR's third annual Health Care Forum on Thursday, Oct. 13, which was presented in partnership with MVP Health Care at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. The event included a networking breakfast, a panel with…
A financing company has sued "self-made" businessman Harold J. Brooks, founder of Brooks Properties in Salem, for more than $2 million over a loan to buy a private jet.Connecticut-based VFS Financing Inc. charges that Brooks personally guaranteed a $4.77 million…
One of the Republican mantras during the last election was to get rid of all mandates that were said to be driving up the cost of group health insurance for small businesses.On Tuesday, in both the House and Senate's commerce…
For the second time in two months, White Mountains Insurance Group will be buying back shares in a "modified Dutch auction."Under the auction, which started Monday, a shareholder can name his or her price -- between $385 and $425 --…
Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, charged with discriminating against a deaf patient for the second time in seven years, has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine to the federal government and to insure that services are provided to deaf patients…
Total future construction contracts in New Hampshire continued their troubling year-over-year downward trend in August.Future construction contracts totaled $93.3 million in August -- a 27 percent drop from the $127.1 million recorded in August 2010. Still that was an increase…
Teresa Rosenberger, FairPoint Communications' New Hampshire state president since January 2010, has stepped down from the job.Rosenberger, who was responsible for overseeing regulatory matters, governmental relations, public relations and economic development for the company, will be returning to the Manchester-based…
It doesn't look like Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in New Hampshire will be able to convince lawmakers to stop healthy employees from fleeing their group plan at work for a more affordable individual policy.Some 2,500 "lives" left the group…
"Usury is in the eye of the beholder," said John Hunt, R-Rindge, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, as his panel on Tuesday considered allowing high-interest payday loans in New Hampshire once again.House Bill 160 refers to them as "installment…
"Usury is in the eye of the beholder," said John Hunt, R-Rindge, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, as his panel on Tuesday considered allowing high-interest payday loans in New Hampshire once again.House Bill 160 refers to them as "installment…
With the goal of helping participants to learn more about "what's happening and what's possible" in the world of social media, the state Division of Economic Development in association with Epiphanies Inc. will present the third annual "A-Ha!" NH Social…
The three top executives of Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies Inc. earned a total of $3.4 million in fiscal year 2011 -- a 20 percent increase over the compensation they earned in fiscal 2010 -- according to a proxy filed on Friday.CEO…
Associates from G.M. Roth, a design remodeling firm in Nashua, participated in and donated more than $300 to the annual American Parkinson Disease Association Walk-A-Thon, which raised over $5,200 to support Parkinson's research.
Rolls-Royce has recognized the HiTech Division of New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc. for outstanding service on two of its helicopter engine programs, the M250® and RR300. Shown at the honor ceremony are, from left, Wayne Armstrong, Buyer, Rolls-Royce; Dan Lemieux,…
James Goss, left, executive director of the New Hampshire Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, presented Merrimack County Savings Bank executive vice president Ed Caron, second from right, and bank vice president Beth Hurd with Patriot Awards, which recognize…
The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls has broken ground on the second phase of the Church Landing expansion, which will add 13 rooms and suites in two new buildings. Construction is expected to be completed next summer.
Janet Ackerman, vice president of People's United Bank, left, and bank president Dianne Mercier, right, present Melanie Gosselin, executive director of the New Hampshire Food Bank, a $10,000 grant on behalf of the People's United Community Foundation to support the…
Jackie and Larry Martone of Hudson celebrate the kickoff of their business, Rolling Video Games, a 32-foot mobile video game theater that can be rented for parties and events throughout New Hampshire and parts of Massachusetts.
As part of the annual United Way Day of Caring event, employees from Belknap Landscape Company Inc. of Gilford and Laconia Area Community Land Trust joined together on Sept. 9 to improve the landscape and make the property safer around…
On behalf of the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of New Hampshire, the McLane Law Firm has presented six seacoast students with the 2011 Harvard Prize Book Award, which is given to students in the incoming senior class who demonstrate excellence in scholarship,…
The Women's Legislators' Lobby and Women's Action for New Direction have presented U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen with the 'Torchbearer Award', which recognizes inspirational women leaders. Pictured with the award are, from left, WiLL president Nan Grogan Orrock; Eileen Kirlin, executive…
Members of the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting to welcome its newest member, Tara Whitney, center, owner of Seacoast Power Yoga.
One of New Hampshire's best-known media personalities, Charlie Sherman recently embarked on his fourth career as executive director of New Horizons for New Hampshire, a food pantry, soup kitchen and adult homeless shelter serving greater Manchester's most vulnerable populations. The…
The first 20 years of my career were spent interrupting businesspeople at their doorsteps and through their phone lines.My hope for success depended on my prospects' moods at the time of my calls.Perceptible sighs and body language often told me…
As a career counselor during the Great Recession, I hear a lot of sad stories, see deep frustration among otherwise productive people and sense the fear resonating among many displaced workers and those who are afraid to leave less-than-satisfying jobs.…
"So how would you like to go to China? We'll send you over on a two-year contract."To tell the truth, I don't like going over there for two weeks, let alone two years, but I didn't tell them that. I…
To the editor:Russ Armstrong and Steve Gorin of the New Hampshire State Committee on Aging presented commentary in the opinion column concerning the federal programs of Social Security and Medicare ("Social Security and Medicare ain't broke," Sept. 23-Oct. 6 NHBR).…
These are tough times for New Hampshire. In fact, these are tough times for all Americans.In New Hampshire, during last winter's ice storms, the spring winds and now Irene, we have seen the power for good generated by coming together…
Bonnie Newman recently paid a visit to White Mountains Community College in Berlin in her new role as the interim president of the state's community college system. She's an accomplished public official whose career spans more than three decades across…
While the Legislature has succeeded in maintaining New Hampshire's low unemployment rate and relatively stable economy, our future success in creating jobs and expanding the economy will require a dramatic cultural change at the top and at all levels of…
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, women's preventive care services - such as mammograms and screenings for cervical cancer - are covered without co-pays or deductibles.Just last month, this list was expanded to include annual well-woman visits, access…
The bankrupt Kingsbury Corp. should be up and running in a few days, thanks to a confidential deal reached Thursday morning to partially pay off a creditor that was literally on the premises preparing to auction off the Keene manufacturer's…
The U.S. Small Business Administration guaranteed more than $150 million in loans for small businesses in New Hampshire in the last fiscal year -- the highest level of SBA financing since 2006.A total of 762 loans were approved for New…
When Gov. John Lynch announced a couple of weeks ago that his record fourth term as governor would be his last, he set in motion a whole host of political speculation, posturing, at least one formal announcement of candidacy, and…
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged a Nashua company with firing a worker because she has a heart condition. It's one of the few, if not the only, such cases litigated by the EEOC in New Hampshire under…
A federal judge has given final approval to a $10.5 million class action settlement in a case involving shareholders of the former GT Solar International, now GT Advanced Technologies.The settlement, which had originally been reached in March, gives those who…
The state Legislative Fiscal Committee wants New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney to be more "proactive" in dealing with repeated delays by Affiliated Computer Systems to implement a new computer information system to handle the massive Medicaid program.ACS is now…
Though barely a few months old, New Hampshire's newest television station is making some big moves to carve itself a spot in the state's media landscape.WBIN-TV, the station recently launched by (and named for) former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bill…
A presentation by longtime Washington Post reporter and NPR commentator T.R. Reid and a panel featuring top health care experts from the region will highlight the third annual NHBR Health Care Forum.The forum -- an interactive discussion for New Hampshire…
Before FairPoint Communications took over Verizon's northern New England landlines in 2009, that means of communication was the "only game in town," says Teresa Rosenberger, the company's New Hampshire president. But since that monopoly no longer exists, FairPoint should be…
Even though some major business bankruptcies have made headlines in recent days -- from Friendly's nationally to Kingsbury Corp, Ezenia Inc. and Wings Your Way in New Hampshire -- there is still some good news: The number of individual filings…
About a third more foreclosures and foreclosure auction notices were recorded in August than a month earlier, but the total was still less than the number recorded at the same time last year, according to the New Hampshire Housing Finance…
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