The bankruptcy trustee filed a motion Tuesday in Bankruptcy Court to convert USA Springs' Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy to Chapter 7 liquidation after the cancelation of a scheduled July 20 auction and the company's bankruptcy attorneys filed motions to quit…
The 2012 second-quarter earnings of Lake Sunapee Bank's parent company didn't improve much from last year's second quarter. New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares Inc. reported earnings of $2 million, or 30 cents a diluted share, virtually the same as it did…
You can find out what the legalization of equity crowdfunding means for New Hampshire startups -- and whether it's the fundraising cure-all that some have proclaimed -- at a half-day conference coming up next week in Durham. Crowdfunding first gained…
After seeking postponement of Friday's auction of the controversial USA Springs bottling business until September, the firm's bankruptcy attorney asked to withdraw from the case because of what he called "irreconcilable differences" with his client -- a move that would…
For more than 40 years, Hypertherm has served as a kind of role model for the Upper Valley tech economy and beyond. Besides being voted best company to work for by local and national publications, the Hanover firm has earned…
Standex International Corp. has acquired Meder Electronic Group, a German company that designs switches, relays and sensors, for more than $40 million in cash.The acquisition would broaden the Salem-based company's product line and markets - both geographically and industrial -…
Updated July 13, 2012 at 3:45 p.m.The Portsmouth Brewery has confirmed that Tod Mott, its head brewer, will leave his post on July 19, that he will take his famous imperial stout with him and that he has plans to…
A half block of Hanover Street in downtown Manchester will be a pedestrian walkway every Friday and Saturday night for an hour in a three-week pilot program that starts at 6 p.m. this Friday.The mayor and aldermen recently approved the…
Ezenia has settled the severance claims of two former executives for almost $60,000, but the largest claim, of its former CEO, remains unresolved.The executives' claims have languished since last September, when the publicly traded software company, then headquartered in Nashua,…
New Hampshire will be looking to a former Massachusetts corrections commissioner to help it decide whether to accept one of four proposals to privatize the state's prison system, if the Executive Council approves a $171,347 consulting contract at its Wednesday…
