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New Hampshire consumers and businesses have a new online tool to help them navigate the expansive federal health-care reform law.The Endowment for Health has launched the EH Pilot, a one-stop shop for information on the new federal health law.The EH…

Highways in New Hampshire rank 27th nationally for performance and cost-effectiveness, according to a report on the state of U.S. highway systems in 2008. This is a 12-spot gain from 2007, when the state's highways were ranked 39th in the…

GT Solar Holdings LLC, majority owner of GT Solar International Inc., will be cashing in on the Merrimack-based company’s stock rise, selling off 25 million shares and cutting its stake from a little more than half of the company to…

Dartmouth Medical School and the University of New Hampshire, along with eight other New Hampshire colleges, are leading a New Hampshire biomedical research network, funded with help from a $15 million grant.The grant, an award from the National Institutes of…

While the number of foreclosures continues to reach record levels in New Hampshire, foreclosure auction notices have begun a slight decline. According to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, there were 346 foreclosed deeds recorded in July, a 16 percent…

Jennifer Boulanger, executive director of the Belknap County Economic Development Council for the past 4-1/2 years, will be stepping down from her job on Oct. 1.A Northwood resident, Boulanger joined the council as finance manager in 2006. She was named…

The second annual “A-Ha!” New Hampshire Social Media Business Summit will be held Monday, Sept. 27 at Public Service of New Hampshire in Manchester.The summit, hosted by the state Division of Economic Development, Epiphanies Inc. and PSNH, is geared toward…

The number of newly hired workers in New Hampshire dropped by nearly 11 percent in August, according to figures provided by the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security.Some 20,186 new hires were reported in August – 10.6 percent fewer than…

A dispute that could affect "millions and millions of dollars" in retirement investments, and involving a now-dissolved custodian bank in Concord, has landed in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire.According to the suit, filed by RealTrust IRA Alternatives, based in…

The number of bankruptcy filings in New Hampshire dropped sharply in August compared to last month and a year earlier. It was second consecutive monthly decrease in what had been an unrelenting four-year climb in bankruptcy filings.There were 421 filings…