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The total value of future construction contracts reported in New Hampshire for June 2011 increased to $221.3 million, up 9 percent from the $203.6 million reported a year earlier.According to statistics from the industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, a 61…

There was yet another year-over-over decline in home sales and prices in June -- the last decline that can be blamed on the sales peak fueled by last year's stimulus tax break, according to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.Home…

If Congress does not raise the debt ceiling by the Aug. 2 deadline, it could trigger another global financial crisis and the country could experience a double-dip recession, U.S. Sen. Shaheen said Thursday in a conference call with the press.If…

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…