Judging by the words and deeds emerging from Washington you’d never know that several high-profile corporate fraud trials are once again in the public spotlight. The trials include that of Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO and chairman of WorldCom,who on…
A disquieting trend is developing this legislative session. A number of bills have been introduced, ostensibly to serve a broad public purpose, when in reality they are intended to circumvent existing legal procedures for economic development projects by imposing last-minute…
As New Hampshire continues to grow at record levels, we face many challenges in helping our economy keep pace. Now is the time to identify the tools that we can use to protect and maintain our economic growth — before…
As Manchester and the rest of the southern New Hampshire baseball world await the opening of the brand new $20 million home of the Eastern League champion New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the stadium still doesn’t have a corporate sponsor, nor…
Opponents of a proposed outlet mall in Merrimack are trying a new tactic - they hope to raise the bar for passage of a zoning amendment that would pave the way for the project. A group of residents who oppose…
Passed last October, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 contains many new tax rules that have an impact on nearly all taxpayers in one form or another, but one of its most significant provisions is a new business deduction…
Ben Gamache has had one wife, four children and an indefinite number of loves in his life. Fortunately for his marriage, his other romances are in bricks and mortar. “I fell in love with the building,” the 46-year-old real estate…
Low-key and soft-spoken, Chief Justice John Broderick has nonetheless attracted more than a little attention in his decade on the New Hampshire Supreme Court. A veteran lawyer, the prominent Queen City Democrat was appointed associate justice in 1995 by his…
Q. After a lot of failure and frustration, it has become clear to me that I have got to get to know my employees better if we are to be successful as a team. Any suggestions as to how to…
If you regularly search for the Land of Oz in investing you may have noticed that something new and different has come to the investment vehicle neighborhood. They’re called exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. With exciting names, and even more exciting…
