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New Hampshire's employers added more than 2,300 new workers in March than they did in February, but the hiring rate is still far behind the pace of last year.The New Hampshire Department of Economic Security reported that state employers added…

The retail industry employs more New Hampshire workers than any other industry in the state, and more than a third of those workers possess a postsecondary degree, according to a recently released study of the sector.Some 15 years ago, just…

The New Hampshire Senate believes in the principle of fair warning when it comes to employment matters, but on Wednesday, the emphasis was on warning employers, not employees.The Senate passed Senate Bill 86, which would require the give employers a…

SkillSoft, a Nashua e-learning software and service provider, released its fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2011 - its first full-year reporting as a subsidiary of a private equity group.Financial results from newly acquired or merged companies can look a…

Shareholders of New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares will get to vote on an 18 percent raise for its CEO, as well as the company's other compensation policies, not that the vote will count.The holding company of Newport-based Lake Sunapee Bank accepted…

Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies has acquired Allegient Systems of Wilton, Conn., a legal billing software firm that mainly services insurance companies, for $48 million in cash, the company announced Wednesday morning.The financial software firm - which has been reaching into the…

The five semi-finalists who will participate in this year's edition of the Manchester Young Professionals Network New Hampshire Start Up Challenge business plan competition have been named by the organization.The semi-finalists will compete for $25,000 to help with their business…

Molly Hodgson Smith, executive director of New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility for the last six years, announced Tuesday her decision to leave the post to take the helm of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce.Hodgson Smith, who has over…

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the bond rating of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science to A2 from A3 - upper medium grades -- on bonds issued through the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency. The outlook is stable.The college has…

It looks like CPEX Pharmaceuticals will be no more, at least as an independent entity.Shareholders last week approved the sale of the Exeter-based alternative drug delivery firm to the subsidiary of a bankrupt shoe company, despite a heated challenge to…