Improving Performance
“I’ve sent hundreds of resumés electronically, and I’m still out of a job! Every time I hit the send button, I feel like I’m sending into a black hole that will never respond. Sometimes, I get an automatic response from…
News
Brass Tacks: Unnecessary data dumps can be a corporate distraction
Q. It’s a safe bet that my company now manufactures more numbers than it does gaskets. The statistical and financial reports that I receive are, at best, mind-numbing and, at worst, confusing and misleading. How can I stem the tide?…
Lethargic economy is taking its toll on real estate
By the time you read this column, the presidential election will be over. Not knowing how it will come out, I wonder what impact the election will have on the national economy, and the Northeast in particular. I am not…
Benson: ‘We must move forward’
Editor’s note: Following is the statement put on Governor Benson’s campaign Web site after his loss to John Lynch in the Nov. 2 election. Friends, Taxpayers, Citizens, Campaign Supporters, I cannot thank you enough for all of your hard work…
SB 110 opponents flex their political muscle
While there are many ways to explain the results of the recent elections, it’s important for supporters of Senate Bill 110 to step back and realize that New Hampshire voters have sent a very clear message: scuttle the law as…
For the Singers, business, community are a family affair not your typical business
In 1962, Irving Singer and his partner Arthur Spohr walked into Merchants Bank with hopes of securing a loan to start a used car business on a small lot in Manchester. The two left with not only a loan but…
Insurance probe sparks N.H. investigation
New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny said his department will “look under the rocks and under the hoods” to see if the same kind of insurance fraud exists in the Granite State that New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer has…
Business Notes
Newington: Pan American Airlines, a subsidiary of Guilford Transportation, has gone out of business and fired its 30 union pilots. The carrier has transferred its flight operations to Boston-Maine Airways, another Guilford owned airline and a non-union operation. An attorney…
Benson rings in 2005 Start Up N.H. competition
Winning in one category of the 2004 Start Up New Hampshire business plan competition has given Bill Lankins’ company more visibility with potential investors and a bigger customer and vendor base. “Having written that plan and polished it to a…
Region has high hopes for Dartmouth incubator
"There is a long track record of success for incubators which are associated with major academic institutions"
