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Wells Fargo Special Risks Inc. says it paid more than $6 million to John G. Gray for his insurance business, employed him and his son Jeffrey for four years, gave him over a year in severance, and then found he…

Beyond teaching kids how to water ski, horseback ride and aim for the bull's-eye, summer camps directly contribute $163 million to the New Hampshire economy each year, according to a new economic impact study.And throughout nine states in the Northeast,…

"Inspiring Women in Business," a daylong entrepreneurial event featuring workshops, exhibits and networking, will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 22, at SERESC Conference and Training Center in Bedford.Workshops include:• "Think and Act Like a CEO,"…

More than a quarter of all the homes sold in New Hampshire in the first quarter of the year were distressed properties, meaning that "home-flippers" are coming back on the market, according to a newly released report.According to the inaugural…

The state of New Hampshire may not only be moving toward privatizing its entire prison system, but it is also partially privatizing the process involved in making the decision.June 5 was the deadline for a private prison consulting firm to…

With all regulatory and shareholder approvals in hand, Norwich, N.Y.-based NBT Bank has completed its acquisition of Hampshire First Bank, the Manchester-based bank founded in 2006.NBT announced last November it would acquire Hampshire First, with $273 million in assets, in…

p>A U.S. bankruptcy judge has ordered Swiss financing firm Malom Group AG to hand over the $60 million it had promised to lend USA Springs, the bankrupt company that has sought for more than a decade to build a controversial…

Micronetics Inc., a Hudson-based defense subcontractor and one of the few small public companies still based in New Hampshire, will be acquired by the much larger Mercury Computer Systems Inc. of Chelmsford, Mass., for about $75.4 million, Mercury announced on…

Micronetics Inc. ended up its fiscal year with $3.4 million in net income -- 74 cents a diluted share -- more than doubling the net profits it earned in 2011 and continuing its comeback from a disastrous loss in 2009.The…