It’s a sad commentary on our time that the subject of workers’ rights has receded so far from public view. In the last election cycle, both locally and nationally, the rights of workers were a non-issue. The implicit message: Workers…
The Legislature is back in town, and already the New Hampshire High Technology Council and the business community at large is taking an extremely close look at the projected $300 million state budget deficit and its implications for business taxes…
Q. I’m reading more and more about the importance of having a good “business model.” I’m in the process of adding a new product line, and I’m not sure what “model” I should be shooting for. How can I determine…
Second of two articles. Home improvement contractors would have to get a license. Merchants could sell only cigarettes that don’t start fires. And anyone who uses spyware to sell their wares — beware. In the previous issues we focused on…
The New Hampshire Technical Institute has been awarded a $500,000 federal grant to help the school build a new wing for its nursing program. NHTI began a $3 million capital campaign for the project in 2004 and has so far…
Anne Jamieson, vice president of operations at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., has been named the new chief executive officer of Parkland Medical Center in Derry. William Schuler, president and CEO of Portsmouth Regional Hospital, has been serving as…
When you hear the word “LAN,” do you think of: • Corporate IT headaches? If so, you’re a geek, and a boring one. • “sakes”? If so, you’ve watched too many movies with fake Southern dialogue. (Nobody pronounces “land” without…
Coos County timber cuts cause concern Concerns that the North Country’s logging industry is growing too quickly and eventually could cripple itself have prompted calls from some lawmakers for tighter restrictions. This year’s logging plans call for sharp increases, threatening…
Recognizing that relationships are the key to building and retaining business, the New Hampshire Business Resource Center, in cooperation with the state Department of Transportation, has been working with New Frontier Industries Inc. of Milton to research and develop soundwall…
Only Nixon could go to China, the saying went. In February 1972, President Richard Nixon made history by visiting mainland China in the middle of the Cold War — the first time a U.S. president had set foot in that…
