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Personal income grew in every New Hampshire county in 2010, with the largest gain in Grafton County and the smallest in Coos County.The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which released the figures Wednesday, defines personal income as income derived by…

Portsmouth-based Optima Bank & Trust has received "significant interest" from investors in its recently launched stock offering of an additional 400,000 shares, according to CEO Daniel Morrison. Morrison, who announced the offering at the annual shareholders' meeting last week, is…

As part of a multi-state investigation led by New Hampshire and five other states, life insurance giant MetLife will pay nearly $500 million to consumers and the states to settle charges that it failed to pay death benefits to heirs.MetLife…

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. will be able to award its top executives with as much as $93 million in stock -- and they may be able to receive some of that stock three months earlier, thanks to a change in…

In a continuing trend for the state's housing market, two new reports have found that home sales are on the rise in New Hampshire, although the median price is falling.The two reports, released by RE/MAX of New England and the…

Construction has been halted on the $25 million National Guard Regional Training Institute and Barracks Facility in Pembroke due to concerns over alleged problems associated with the use of concrete mixed with fly ash.The concrete mixture led Gov. John Lynch…

Another study of New Hampshire's business climate has determined that the state's tax burden on small business is neither among the best nor the worst in the nation.The Granite State's small business tax climate ranks 25th best in the country,…

An influx of federal cash was part of the reason that New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares shareholders had a very slight decline in quarterly earnings per share during the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year.The Newport-based…

If a private prison is actually built in New Hampshire, Gov. John Lynch is in favor of importing prisoners to help fill it.Lynch expressed his feelings at the Wednesday morning breakfast meeting of the Executive Council, where the councilors discussed…