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Presstek Inc. is asking its shareholders for the right to issue up to a 1-to-15 reverse stock split in order to boost its share price and prevent being tossed off the Nasdaq stock exchange, according to a preliminary proxy filed…

Wright-Pierce, a regional engineering firm, negligently steered the town of Wolfeboro into using a wastewater disposal area that failed, costing the town more than $7 million, according to lawsuit filed last week by the town in U.S. District Court in…

Entrepreneurship is alive and growing in New Hampshire, but more can -- and should -- be done to incubate the state's startup ecosystem.That sentiment was the common thread emerging from the business owners presenting at Disruptivate! 2012, a conference held…

Public Service of New Hampshire consumers won't get the rate freezes and one-time credits negotiated by Connecticut and Massachusetts regulators in approving the $17.5 billion merger of PSNH's parent company, Connecticut-based Northeast Utilities, and Boston-based NStar.But that's a good thing,…

NH Hunt Justice Groups, the mysterious fourth bidder in the running to build, if not run, a private prison to house prisoners in New Hampshire, is a team of at least eight companies, most with experience in the corrections industry…

Will New Hampshire become the first state in the nation to hand over its entire prison population to a corporation based out of state? And is it in the middle of doing so right now?The New Hampshire Department of Corrections…

New federal standards that limit carbon emissions from power plants and cross-state air pollution could present an economic opportunity for green businesses in New Hampshire and New England, according to an official with the Environmental Protection Agency."Restoring the health of…

The same four corporations that submitted bids to build, and probably run, a men's prison in New Hampshire, are bidding on a proposed "hybrid" facility that would house women as well, according to the Department of Administrative Services.The hybrid bid,…

In a good sign for New Hampshire's construction industry, future building contracts in February totaled more than four times the amount they did in the same month last year.Future construction contracts totaled $218.3 million in New Hampshire in February, more…