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PC Connection topped a half-billion in sales to pull just short of $7.5 million in net income, or 28 cents a share, in the second quarter ending June 30, the Merrimack company reported Thursday after market close.That's a 7 percent…

Federal grant applications are now being accepted for projects that promote economic development and job growth in New Hampshire's beleaguered North Country. But the Granite state may only get a fifth of the pot.The $1.25 million in federal funds is…

Bankruptcies dropped sharply last month, continuing and accelerating the trend away from the record number of filings during the past several years.Some 350 businesses and households filed in July, which was123 fewer and 26 percent less than were filed in…

With a $2.3 billion backlog and nearly half a billion in cash in the bank, the new GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GT Solar International until August 8), is facing a bright future. But whether workers in Merrimack will fully bask…

Micronetics Inc. (NASDAQ:NOIZ) made a little money last quarter and paid its executives a little less last year.The Hudson supplier of microwave and radio frequency components and integrated subassemblies to defense contractors, reported earnings of almost a half-million dollars (11…

In what is becoming a common refrain, GT Solar International Inc. has received another order from a new customer in Asia, this time for $55 million.The Merrimack-based manufacturer of equipment for solar cells and LED lighting said the order would…

New Hampshire FastRoads, an organization with the goal of expanding access to high-speed Internet in southwestern New Hampshire, has appointed a new executive director.In her new role, Carole Monroe - former chief information officer at Franklin Pierce University - will…

Dawn Wivell — founder and director of the New Hampshire International Trade Resource Center for the last 21 years — resigned from the post last week and said she will not be replaced. Trade took a hit in the latest…

The partisan political climate appears to have boosted sales at Sturm, Ruger & Company, which is trying to boost inventory as the country nears the next presidential elections.When asked in a conference call about President Barack Obama's potential re-election, CEO…

Just ahead of releasing its latest earnings report, Timberland has announced its new sustainability goals through 2015, with targets that include more than doubling its percentage of renewable energy use over the next four years.The goals are ambitious but not…