Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. has a problem most companies would love: It's selling its products so quickly that the company can barely make them fast enough. The Connecticut-based gun manufacturer, with a major facility in Newport, N.H., reported a…
Underemployment has remained persistently high in the aftermath of the Great Recession, and workers younger than 30 are especially feeling the pinch, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. According to the report,…
New Hampshire had the lowest poverty rate among both individuals and families in the nation last year, but the rate has been rising over the past few years, according to new U.S. Census data. In 2011, 8.8 percent of individuals…
The NH Jump$tart Coalition -- a nonprofit organization that works to improve the financial literacy of New Hampshire young people -- is putting together a statewide meeting of business leaders to address the financial education needs of Granite State children…
Housing activists are worried that differences between the Attorney General's Office and the lame-duck Republican-dominated Legislative Fiscal Committee -- which meets Thursday morning -- could delay spending New Hampshire's share of $10 million of mortgage fraud settlement money on programs…
The latest bankruptcy statistics show a general, but troublingly erratic, improvement in the New Hampshire economy. A surge of 50 bankruptcy filings on Halloween brought the number of October filings up to 314, continuing a year-over-year decline, but it was…
Twelve businesspeople were honored Monday night at New Hampshire Business Review's 10th annual Business Excellence Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of owners of companies with 100 employees or fewer. More than 250 people attended the event, which was held at…
New low-profit limited liability corporation is a nonprofit/for-profit hybrid
The private equity firm American Industrial Partners on Wednesday completed its $26 million acquisition of the Presstek Inc., the printing equipment firm based in Connecticut with a major production facility in Hudson. The sale price amounted to 50 cents a…
Despite some opposition, Woodlands Credit Union members voted by a 3-2 margin on Saturday to merge the Berlin-based credit union with Northeast Credit Union of Portsmouth, the company announced Wednesday. The merged Northeast Credit Union will have assets of $800…
