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Presstek to buy A.B.Dick for $20 million

Presstek Inc., a Hudson-based maker of digital imaging machines, is acquiring the bankrupt A.B.Dick Co. for $40 million. A.B.Dick, a worldwide supplier to the graphic arts and printing industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier in July, which makes…

Anthem rejoins health partnership fold

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire has announced that it’s going back to the drawing board to help build a tiered health-care product with some of the state’s largest purchasers of health insurance. “This cause is so worthy,…

Making the rounds ...

• You’ve to have some sympathy for Kelly Ayotte. She quit her post as the governor’s legal counsel last year only a few of months after taking the job to become deputy attorney general. Now she’s back to working as…

Thank you for your ‘welcome’

Fending off any attempt to criticize Governor Benson for his relationship with the wannabe settlers of the Free State Project, the governor wanted to make it clear the other day that while he’s glad to help them build their bandwagon,…

Daydream believers

Early summer is the time for Red Sox slumps, beach novels and political storytelling. Considering that F&J covers neither sports nor literary accomplishments, here are two of the summer’s best-selling New Hampshire political rumors so far. 1. After winning in…

Free to be you and me

At its much-publicized 2004 Liberty Dinner last month, the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance -- a group that describes itself as a “non-partisan coalition” that supports “increased individual in New Hampshire” - didn’t only hear from Governor Benson and Jason Sorens,…

Give jokes a chance

We now know the extent of U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg’s legendary sense of humor. He doesn’t like Jane Fonda jokes. During a visit to Dartmouth College, the senator was given of a computer science lab to see the latest developments…

Advise and consent

Richard Brothers, a 45-year-old Campton resident who’s described as a “part-time health care adviser” to Governor Benson, has decided that he wants to give it another shot in trying to retire his fellow Republican, Sen. Carl Johnson of Meredith. Brothers,…