Not that it's news to most people, New Hampshire's small businesses are an essential part of the state's economic well-being, according to data released March 14 by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy.The office released Small Business Profiles…
New Hampshire chambers of commerce want more flexibility in the state's health insurance purchasing alliance law, and it looks like they are going to get it, despite the concerns of insurers. The concern of the local chambers and the Business…
Two of New Hampshire's three construction sectors started the year off with a bang when it comes to the value of construction projects scheduled to be built in the coming months.According to figures from industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, there…
Presstek posted another loss in its last quarter and for the entire year, though it was not as bad as 2009, when the company wrote off $19 million in goodwill.Even without the write-off, however, the company posted a net loss…
Five New Hampshire businesses have been awarded job training matching grants totaling $130,000 aimed at helping 230 workers learn new skills.Gov. John Lynch announced Monday that five companies receiving grants in February are: General Electric in Hooksett; Rapid Sheet Metal…
Even with the expected reopening in April of the former Fraser Papers mill in Gorham, years of closings of pulp and paper mills have cost thousands of jobs in New Hampshire, primarily in the North Country, where the once-booming paper…
Nashua-based iCAD is the target of a $14.5 million lawsuit over a recalled product that it inherited when it purchased another company in December.The firm, which sells imaging systems used to detect cancer, bought Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Xoft in December for…
Five executives from White Mountains Insurance Group and affiliates have received bonuses and payouts totaling $9.6 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The awards don't count salaries, which is about $500,000 apiece.White Mountains is a holding…
When it comes to building green in the United States, New Hampshire's architects, contractors and suppliers are among the leaders of the pack.That's according to the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council, which used data from the 2010 census to determine…
It doesn't take a software engineer to figure out that Ezenia! Inc., the Nashua-based networking company, has fallen on some tough times. On Wednesday, it quietly announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it cut its workforce nearly…
