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Second-quarter net income was up 50 percent at Manchester-based Hampshire First Bank, the bank reported Friday.The bank earned $430,000, or 15 cents a share, for the quarter ending June 30, compared to $266,000, or 10 cents per share a year…

J. Bonnie Newman, whose long, impressive resume includes a stint as interim president of the University of New Hampshire, has been picked to serve as interim chancellor of the Community College System of New Hampshire, succeeding Richard Gustafson, who retires…

Timberland Company executives could receive nearly $70 million in change-of-control benefits as a result of the Stratham-based footwear and apparel firm's expected $2.3 billion acquisition by VF Enterprises Inc., according to a disclosure proxy filed earlier this week by Timberland.CEO…

Business customers in Public Service of New Hampshire's service area continue to choose to buy their power elsewhere, according to the latest figures released last week.The percentage of power sold by PSNH competitors to the companies in the utility's service…

GT Solar International paid its top five executives a total of $14.6 million in compensation in fiscal year 2011 -- a nearly 40 percent increase, despite a decrease in pay to its chief executive -- according to a proxy statement…

When it comes to states in which power plants are the leading sources of toxic air pollution, New Hampshire is 19th worst in the nation, according to a new report that analyzed data from the Environmental Protection Agency.But once the…

Following a long struggle to keep its head above water, Borders, the nation's second-largest bookstore chain, will liquidate and shutter its nearly 400 remaining bookstores, including all three full-size stores and two express stores in New Hampshire.After being unable to…

USA Springs is on its way to completing its controversial water bottling plant in Nottingham -- all it needs is approval of a reorganization plan by the Bankruptcy Court in Manchester.Under the plan, the company -- which will remain under…

The holding company of Lake Sunapee Bank now has more than a billion dollars in the bank, so to speak.Newport-based New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares Inc.'s total assets increased 3.6 percent to $1 billion in the quarter ending June 20, the…

Alltex Uniform Rental Service Inc., a Manchester-based industrial laundry service, and its parent company, G&K Services, will pay a $65,000 penalty to settle charges of emitting pollutants without a proper permit.In addition, the company has agreed to undertake a "supplemental…