NHBR's editors recently met with Portsmouth area businesspeople at the new Portsmouth Harbor Events and Conference Center at Portwalk Place in downtown Portsmouth. The topic under discussion: How is the area's economy faring and what are the expectations for the…
Bankruptcies in New Hampshire, which have been declining over the last few months, are back up.There were 479 filings in September -- the most in any September save for 2005. The total was 46 more than in August, (an 11…
New Hampshire is set to receive a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to aid in its preparations to set up a health insurance exchange through the Patient Affordable Care Act.According to U.S. Sen.…
The University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics will begin offering a master’s of science in the management of technology at UNH Manchester in January. UNH said the degree is designed for those already in a technical…
The New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation has launched yet another probe into Financial Resources Mortgage Inc., the Meredith-based company behind a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. But this one will be armed with subpoena power, and would -- for the first…
The two top U.S. Small Business Administration officials in New Hampshire will be leaving the agency at the end of the year.Witmer Jones, director of the Concord office, and Alice Zachos, assistant district director, have announced that they will be…
New Hampshire companies added 12 percent more workers in September than they did in August.According to figures from the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security, 22,649 newly hired employees were added in September – compared to 20,186 adding in August.September’s…
Donald Dodge joined his partner Scott Farah on Monday in pleading guilty to federal charges of running a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of tens of millions of dollars.Dodge entered his plea in exchange for a 10-year cap on…
Fuel prices are always volatile, but New Hampshire has seen an average spike of nearly a nickel a gallon in just a week at some locations.On average, prices in the Manchester area were about $2.62 on Oct. 4 – up…
Congress has once again voted to provide temporary funding for U.S. Small Business Administration programs, including the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, this time through Jan. 31, 2011.In the ninth continuing resolution…
