Customers of Daddy's Junky Music whose items were being repaired or who had made deposits on equipment are trying to figure out where they stand now that the New Hampshire-based chain of music equipment stores closed its doors abruptly Wednesday…
Thirteen businesspeople were honored Thursday night at the New Hampshire Business Review's ninth annual Business Excellence Awards, which recognize the efforts and achievements owners and operators of companies with 100 employees or fewer.More than 300 people attended the Oct. 27…
The total dollar amount of future construction contracts in New Hampshire picked up somewhat in September, putting a stop to a troubling downward trend.According to industry information service McGraw Hill Construction, which collects the data, future construction contracts totaled $98.6…
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of The New York Times best-selling book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," will deliver the keynote address at the first New Hampshire Women's Caucus.The "What Women Want Now"…
Hampshire First Bank, based in Manchester, and New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares Inc., holding company of Newport-based Lake Sunapee Bank, each had good quarterly earnings news to report last week.Hampshire First reported net income of $584,000, or 21 cents a share,…
The New Hampshire House Commerce Committee Tuesday backed away from requiring health insurers to cover patients using naturopath doctors as primary care physicians in the small group market.Instead, the requirement will be limited to the individual market, where people already…
The U.S. House is trying to weaken the U.S. Senate's bid to reauthorize two programs that bring millions of dollars of research money to small businesses, according to U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who is joining with Republican Sen. Scott…
VF Corp.'s acquisition of Stratham-based The Timberland Company earlier this year has paid off immediately and more than expected, according to the North Carolina-based firm's earnings report released Monday.VF closed the deal $2.3 billion deal on Sept. 13, and it…
Leesa A. Smith is president of Freudenberg North America Limited Partnership, coordinating services affecting more than 6,000 employees at 15 companies. She was recently appointed the North American (and only female) representative to the international firm's global executive team.NHBR interviewed…
Complaints against payday and other high-interest small lenders nearly doubled in New Hampshire after they were effectively banned from the state in July 2010 -- a statistic that supporters seized on Wednesday in moving forward a bill that would bring…
