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The last-minute $3.1 million sale of Kingsbury Corp.'s assets to Optimation Technology could not have been any better and it could have been worse, all parties agreed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manchester.The good news is that some 60…

The total value of future construction contracts in New Hampshire in 2011 lagged more than $500 million behind 2010.And in December 2011, future construction contracts totaled 13 percent less than they did in the same month the previous year.That's according…

Even though an attorney for the potential Swiss financial backers of USA Springs told creditors on Thursday that they could still bail out the company and pay off creditors with a $60 million loan, nobody in the bankruptcy court in…

The United States and Canada have announced a two-year extension of the Softwood Lumber Agreement, which those in New Hampshire's lumber industry say is good news."Most everybody that I know that's producing softwood lumber right now would think it's positive,"…

Should municipalities and nonprofits be required to reimburse the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security after a longtime employee quits and gets a job somewhere else, only to be shortly laid off?That's the question raised by Senate Bill 257, and…

Should the state expressly ban games and contests involving alcohol at bars -- games like beer pong? Or does a law like that run the risk of targeting people simply for betting a beer over a game of darts?Senate Bill…

Isaacson Steel Inc. wants to sell off some of its warehouse business for $225,000, but the fate of the larger bankrupt company - Berlin-based Isaacson Structural Steel Inc. -- is still up in the air, according to recent bankruptcy court…

ProPhotonix Ltd. says it expects to report about $17 million in revenue for 2011, an increase over the $15.2 million it reported the previous year.In an earnings preview released last week, the Salem-based company said the gain came despite a…

Stay Work Play -- the organization whose goal it is to encourage 20-to-30-year-olds to pursue their careers in New Hampshire -- is looking for small and large businesses and other organizations around the state that share its focus on retaining…

A deadlocked New Hampshire Senate did not approve a bill Tuesday that would eliminate a workers' compensation fund for the disabled, despite the recommendation of its commerce committee to do so.The fund involved is known as the "second injury" fund,…