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Sturm, Ruger & Co. blew through the recession like a speeding bullet. The Connecticut-based company with a major manufacturing presence in New Hampshire, reported that it sold $328.8 million in guns and castings in 2011 -- more than twice the…

Barely a year after the state of New Hampshire lured Albany International Corp. -- a major manufacturing employer in the Albany, N.Y., area -- to move its headquarters and most of its jobs to Rochester, N.H., Granite State economic development…

An attorney for TD Bank objected Thursday to hiring a real estate agent to sell the land and building of the bankrupt Kingsbury Corp. in Keene, saying it was a "pie in the sky" approach that wouldn't fetch enough money…

The first month of 2012 brought some mixed signs to New Hampshire's housing market, with January residential home sales beating out the prior January for the third year in a row, with the median price trending downward year over year.A…

Registration is now open for the 2012 edition of the Stonyfield Entrepreneurial Institute, a two-day "boot camp" for entrepreneurs that will feature sessions on finance, branding and social media marketing.Presented by the Carsey Institute and the Whittemore School of Business…

Centrix Bank finished the year with a quarterly net income of $1.5 million, or 49 cents a diluted share -- 60 percent more than the same quarter the previous year -- the company announced last week.That brings the Bedford-based bank's…

Will employers be able to force their workers to accept their wages in the form of an electronic payment, or at the very least, a debit card?And will employers be able to switch to paying employees without getting permission from…

A small software company in Nashua is suing the largest optical lens manufacturer in the country, saying that the international giant ripped it off to the tune of $13.1 million.In a complaint filed Feb. 17 in U.S. District Court in…

It looks as if the New Hampshire Legislature won't repeal the law requiring that businesses file safety plans, although they might loosen the measure up a bit.The House Labor Committee recommended killing a repeal bill (House Bill 1661), but committee…

VF Corp.'s acquisition of Timberland last September paid off big in the fourth quarter, according to the North Carolina-based apparel company's earnings report.The Stratham-based footwear and apparel subsidiary provided some $549 million to VF's $2.9 billion revenue for the quarter,…