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Joe Carelli, executive vice president of commercial banking at Citizens Bank, has been named president of the bank's New Hampshire and Vermont operations, succeeding Cathy Schmidt, who is stepping down from the job after more than five years.The bank announced…

After drawing on federal Medicaid funds to balance budgets for the past two decades, the state is preparing to more than double its take from the program while adding to the losses hospitals incur from treating Medicaid patients and providing…

Newport-based New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, parent corporation of Lake Sunapee Bank, has announced a regular quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share, payable April 29 to shareholders of record on April 11.NHTB reported its 2010 full-year total deposits of $778…

The New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday killed any attempt to repeal the state's workforce housing bill, which into effect in 2010.The new law mandates that municipalities formulate some plan that would give a reasonable opportunity for developers to create affordable…

If there were any public opposition to loosening New Hampshire's WARN Act, it did not make itself known Tuesday in testimony before the House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee -- unless you count the Democrats on the committee.Senate Bill…

The nation's angel capitalists invested $20.1 billion in ventures in 2010 -- an increase of 14 percent over 2009, according to data released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.According to the center, a total…

The New Hampshire Retail Grocers Association, for now at least, is not getting the last word on the economic effects of New Hampshire's cigarette tax.A new study released by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids refutes the findings of an earlier…

A first-of-its-kind website designed to better connect New Hampshire manufacturers with New Hampshire suppliers and buyers was unveiled Monday at a Londonderry manufacturer.The site -- an outgrowth of a suggestion made to Gov. John Lynch during his meetings with business…

"I am disappointed in my state government," said Charles Chandler, after presenting his "Findings of Fact" Monday relating to the Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. Ponzi scheme. "I really am."Chandler didn't name names, except in footnotes, in the report he delivered…

More than 15 percent of the bridges in New Hampshire are structurally deficient, compared to just 11.5 percent nationally, according to a national report on the nation's bridges."Structurally deficient" is an engineering designation given to bridges with a major defect…