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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…

White Mountain Insurance Group basically had a flat quarter, posting a net income of $12 million, up from $3 million during the second quarter of 2010. That translates into diluted earnings per share of $1.51, on a stock that closed…

ProPhotonix Limited would have made money last quarter, or would have at least broken even if not for its debt and stock-based compensation to top executives.The Salem-based manufacturer of LED light engines and laser diode modules, formerly known as StockerYale,…

Unitil Corp., the Hampton-based utility, lost $800,000 in the second quarter of the year, a better showing compared to last year, when it lost $2.1 million in the second quarter.Because of the seasonal nature of natural gas consumption, Unitil said…