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USA Springs is on its way to completing its controversial water bottling plant in Nottingham -- all it needs is approval of a reorganization plan by the Bankruptcy Court in Manchester.Under the plan, the company -- which will remain under…

The holding company of Lake Sunapee Bank now has more than a billion dollars in the bank, so to speak.Newport-based New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares Inc.'s total assets increased 3.6 percent to $1 billion in the quarter ending June 20, the…

Alltex Uniform Rental Service Inc., a Manchester-based industrial laundry service, and its parent company, G&K Services, will pay a $65,000 penalty to settle charges of emitting pollutants without a proper permit.In addition, the company has agreed to undertake a "supplemental…

Al and Susan McIlvene, the outspoken leaders of the group of victims of the Financial Resource Mortgages Inc. Ponzi scheme, have settled their own legal differences with the trustee to the bankruptcy estate, but they say they are still continuing…

Over the last decade, New Hampshire lost a higher percentage of blue-collar jobs from its total workforce than any other state in the country, according to a report by an online business journal.New Hampshire's blue-collar workforce fell nearly 8 percent…

Kedar Gupta, co-founder and former CEO of GT Solar International, charges in a countersuit filed last week in Nashua that he was told he faces being "hanged or crushed" in a nasty legal battle developing between his former firm and…

Over the last several years, New Hampshire has added a higher percentage of green jobs than every other state in New England, according to a report by the Brookings Institution.Released this week, the report by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank…

Grammy winners Alison Krauss and Union Station will headline Greenerpalooza, the fourth annual celebration of energy efficiency and green efforts in New HampshireThe concert and green business showcase, set for Friday, Aug. 5, at Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion in Gilford,…

GT Solar has quadrupled its credit line to keep up with expanding revenue and expenses, but it may have been one of the reasons the company's stock price fell from all-time highs last week.The Merrimack-based maker of equipment for solar…