Last month this column was titled “An upbeat outlook for 2005, with some key caveats.” It concluded that office job formation, jobs which will fill up vacant office buildings, would be the keystone for successful investment in the office sector.…
The New Hampshire House last month approved borrowing the money to widen Interstate 93 from Manchester to Salem in six years. Senate approval is likely, and Gov. John Lynch favors the legislation. Meanwhile, the feds may issue a favorable record…
Daryl Grasso has enjoyed her surroundings in rural New Hampshire since she and her partner Harold Brown bought a 35-acre former dairy farm in the Woodsville section of Haverhill a few years ago and began growing vegetables for sale at…
With solid gains in foreign demand for locally made goods at the tail end of the year, state exports were much stronger overall during 2004 than in recent years. Foreign sales of goods from New Hampshire’s companies, adjusted for seasonal…
Editor’s note: Beginning with this issue, New Hampshire Business Review will present a review of quarterly venture investing trends for companies located in the state. The research and analysis for this information has been provided by Howard Smith of Chartworth,…
More than 15 years ago, Magic Johnson, the Hall of Fame basketball player, assigned his trademark rights to the “Magic Johnson” name to June Bug Enterprises Inc. At the time, JBE registered the mark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark…
By 2010 the number of U.S. jobs will outstrip the number of workers by 10 million, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. And by 2030, the agency reports, that number may jump to 35 million. But some economists…
The White Mountains of New Hampshire have more visitors each year than Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks combined, Dick Hamilton notes proudly. Both the numbers and the natural beauty of the region are impressive to the 69-year-old North Conway native,…
Is logging threatening the future of the Great North Woods? That’s the question two key industry groups will try to resolve with a study of recent timber-cutting patterns. The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association and the Society for the Protection…
The three nephews of Lakes Region Greyhound Park track general partner Allan E. Hart, two of whom were managing the track for more than a decade, were all convicted of charges relating to illegal gambling operations in Massachusetts. All of…
