Offshoring — the practice of outsourcing business functions to a vendor outside of North America - has the potential to save companies millions of dollars in labor costs. But the practice is not a panacea for bottom-line savings. Poor offshoring…
Across the state, many a New Hampshire employer allows its employees to take vacation time before it is fully accrued. In such instances, the employer will usually have the employee sign an authorization in which the employee acknowledges that he…
The New Hampshire International Trade Association has set Oct. 6 as the date of “Growing Globally,” its 18th annual World Trade Forum and Governor’s Conference on Trade. The forum, to be held at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester,…
While you may intend it as a gesture of trust or love, naming a friend or relative as executor of your estate has serious implications. The duties of an executor are formidable — onerous, actually — and you should give…
As soon as Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry announced his choice of a running mate, Republicans were loading Web sites, e-mails, air waves and fax machines with ammunition aimed at the Democratic ticket. Much of the negative comment about John…
When Congress passed the CAN-SPAM Act in January 2004, companies that use e-mail to market to their customers and prospects were faced with new legal requirements designed to protect Americans from the onslaught of unwelcome spamming. Attempting to curb the…
A Hanover-based company that has developed software to help Wall Street traders take in more data is the first investment of the Mount Washington Valley Economic Council’s First Run Angel Group. Accentus, founded in 2002 under the auspices of the…
A new Monadnock Region business incubator has been born. With the purchase on July 1 of the former W.W. Cross building in Jaffrey, Monadnock Business Ventures has launched the Webster Street Incubator. The building, which is currently being renovated, will…
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) said its second-quarter profit soared 41 percent, easily surpassing Wall Street expectations with a boost from the results of newly acquired FleetBoston Financial Corp. The Charlotte-based banking giant said it earned $3.85 billion, or $1.86…
A former high school biology teacher and chief conservation officer in the Fish and Game Department, Henry P. Mock has represented the Mt. Washington Valley town of Jackson in the New Hampshire Legislature for the past 12 years, six of…
