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An assistant Rite Aid store manager from Alstead is launching a class action suit against the pharmacy chain on behalf of all assistant store managers in the state, claiming they were not paid overtime for working more than 40 hours.In…

A recently released report finds New Hampshire is among the states with the lowest consumer financial distress.The Granite State ranked 42nd among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., making it among the nine states with lowest level of financial hardship…

New Hampshire's evenues are on track to be more than $54 million short of the amount projected in the current state budget, according to the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, whose president warned that "the budget outlook has to…

Merrimack-based lifestyle retailer Brookstone has announced its first quarter ended with a net loss of some $19 million -- $4.4 million lower than the net loss of $23.4 million reported in the same quarter a year ago.Sales of $80 million…

White Mountains Insurance Group has sold off its Esurance and Answer Financial subsidiary to Allstate Corp., for an estimated $1 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close in the fall, the companies announced Wednesday.The White Mountains conglomerate -…

The latest figures from the New Hampshire Department of Economic Security have placed the state's April unemployment rate at 4.9 percent - approaching levels that haven't been seen in more than two years.April's 4.9 percent is a drop of 0.3…

Whole Foods is once again setting its sights on Nashua for a new store.According to website of the Austin, Texas-based national natural foods supermarket Nashua is listed as a site for an upcoming store."Yes, we have indeed announced that a…

New Hampshire health insurers have been granted a temporary exemption on the minimum medical loss ratio required as part of compliance with federal Affordable Care Act, but it wasn't quite the exemption they were looking for.On behalf of the state's…

Presstek Inc. started out the year with a $1.5 million loss, or 4 cents a share, thanks to another revenue drop of 7.6 percent, leaving the company with $3.2 million in cash, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange…