"Usury is in the eye of the beholder," said John Hunt, R-Rindge, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, as his panel on Tuesday considered allowing high-interest payday loans in New Hampshire once again.House Bill 160 refers to them as "installment…
It doesn't look like Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in New Hampshire will be able to convince lawmakers to stop healthy employees from fleeing their group plan at work for a more affordable individual policy.Some 2,500 "lives" left the group…
Teresa Rosenberger, FairPoint Communications' New Hampshire state president since January 2010, has stepped down from the job.Rosenberger, who was responsible for overseeing regulatory matters, governmental relations, public relations and economic development for the company, will be returning to the Manchester-based…
The three top executives of Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies Inc. earned a total of $3.4 million in fiscal year 2011 -- a 20 percent increase over the compensation they earned in fiscal 2010 -- according to a proxy filed on Friday.CEO…
With the goal of helping participants to learn more about "what's happening and what's possible" in the world of social media, the state Division of Economic Development in association with Epiphanies Inc. will present the third annual "A-Ha!" NH Social…
The U.S. Small Business Administration guaranteed more than $150 million in loans for small businesses in New Hampshire in the last fiscal year -- the highest level of SBA financing since 2006.A total of 762 loans were approved for New…
The bankrupt Kingsbury Corp. should be up and running in a few days, thanks to a confidential deal reached Thursday morning to partially pay off a creditor that was literally on the premises preparing to auction off the Keene manufacturer's…
About a third more foreclosures and foreclosure auction notices were recorded in August than a month earlier, but the total was still less than the number recorded at the same time last year, according to the New Hampshire Housing Finance…
Even though some major business bankruptcies have made headlines in recent days -- from Friendly's nationally to Kingsbury Corp, Ezenia Inc. and Wings Your Way in New Hampshire -- there is still some good news: The number of individual filings…
Ambulatory surgery centers in New Hampshire may have to pay a fee ranging from $600 to $2,800 to cover the cost of their mandatory participation in the state's infection reporting program for hospitals, if House Bill 602 - blessed by…
