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White Mountains Insurance Group, is holding a "modified Dutch auction" for its shares.Under the auction, which started Aug. 18, a shareholder can name his or her price, between $385 and $435, anytime until midnight Sept. 15, when the auction is…

Claremont-based Red River Computer Co. Inc., has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle charges that it violated federal false claims laws in contracts with various federal agencies.According to the Justice Department, the reseller of computer products violated the False…

Khoa Nguyen, former chief executive officer of Ezenia, has filed a $1.15 million suit against the Nashua company -- an amount that's twice as much as the company has in cash, according to the company's quarterly filing to the SEC.In…

Bottomline Technologies Inc. posted $30.1 million in net income in the last quarter of its fiscal year -- $29 million more than it made in the same quarter a year ago -- thanks to one heck of a tax benefit.Still,…

New laws that took effect this past weekend may spell some good news for New Hampshire employers, builders, wine manufacturers, manufactured housing park owners, and, yes, even businesses that pay taxes, as several laws passed last session went into effect…

What's a coffee shop to do with a late afternoon overstock of blueberry muffins? It wants to offer a special to unload the baked goods, but how does it get the word out to nearby customers? Jim Bender, the Hollis…

In the last two years, strong foreign demand for American goods - driven by a weak dollar and robust growth in the emerging economies of Asia and Latin America - has significantly contributed to New Hampshire's economic development and job…

Portsmouth-based Ocean Properties, the hotel management company that was expected to purchase the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, has pulled out of an agreement to buy the North Country landmark.Closing on the sale of the historic grand hotel…

The price of crude oil has dipped to its lowest level in eight months, but so far that lower cost hasn't had much of an impact on the price of gasoline at the pumps in the Granite State.The cost of…

U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte are jointly presenting a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee field hearing aimed at helping New Hampshire small-business owners increase their international trade efforts.The event, planned to start at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug.…