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NHBR to co-host gubernatorial debate

NH Business Review Staff,

New Hampshire Business Review has joined with New England College and four other news organizations as co-hosts of an Oct. 4 debate between the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor. Democrat Maggie Hassan and Republican Ovide Lamontagne will debate at…

N.H. 2Q personal income rises 1%

Kathleen Callahan,

New Hampshire's total personal income rose 1 percent, to $62.04 billion, in the second quarter of 2012, up $641 million from the first quarter. The 1 percent quarterly increase ranks the state 20th nationally in total personal income growth, according…

GTAT readies $175m 'war chest' bond issue

Bob Sanders,

GT Advanced Technologies plans to raise $175 million to $200 million in a rather complicated bond issue, the Nashua-based company announced Monday. GTAT will be using the proceeds to build its "war chest" - in the words of spokesperson Ryan…

Dyn acquires second firm in two weeks

NH Business Review Staff,

Manchester-based Dyn Inc. -- which ranked on the Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the country last year -- is continuing its growth with the acquisition of yet another company, its second acquisition in two weeks…

'Very good' bid entered for USA Springs

Bob Sanders,

The bankruptcy trustee for USA Springs received a "very good" bid that's "in the neighborhood" of $7.5 million for the would-be water bottling company's assets -- a bid good enough to skip a planned auction and negotiate a deal by…

Monadnock Paper blazes a fiber-based 'plastic' trail

Kathleen Callahan,

Monadnock Paper Mills, one of the last remaining paper mills in New Hampshire, has been quietly building up a stable of high-profile national customers for its newly launched portfolio of sustainable, fiber-based plastic alternatives. Last week, the Bennington-based company announced…

Presstek merger details revealed in proxy

Bob Sanders,

Presstek Inc.'s top three executives could be paid a total of $3.2 million in severance if the proposed sale of the printing equipment manufacturer to the American Industrial Partners (AIP) private equity firm is completed, according to the preliminary version…