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The Senate Commerce Committee has given the go-ahead to make it easier for organizations like chambers of commerce to form purchasing alliances for health insurance, but it doesn't particularly care for qualified trusts, which would make it easier for trade…

Four economic development groups are joining together to offer free videoconferencing service to New Hampshire companies affected by infrastructure breakdowns in Japan in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami and the developing nuclear crisis.The Coastal Economic Development Corp.,…

While New Hampshire lawmakers this session have had some trouble deciding whether to support expanded business tax credits, they've had no problem voting to cut motor vehicle registration fees.The Senate Wednesday joined the House in voting to eliminate a $30…

The state's WARN Act -- two years old and only used once to no effect -- may be rolled back a bit.The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, enacted in 2009, was supposed to go above and beyond the federal…

While New Hampshire's high-technology industry has been known to be an economy leader for more than a decade, manufacturing - often eulogized as being long gone - has proven to be as strong as ever, with both industries propelling New…

A recent Men's Health magazine article ranked the 100 most socially networked cities in the country. Manchester -- the only New Hampshire city on the list -- could have done a lot worse, but it could have done better, according…

In the last two weeks, CPEX Pharmaceuticals shareholders have been bombarded with offers, rejections, dueling reports and some name-calling as they prepare to vote Thursday on whether to sell the alternative drug delivery firm to a subsidiary of a bankrupt…

Greta Johansson has been named the new director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's New Hampshire district office.Johansson, who currently serves as deputy district director of SBA's Connecticut office in Hartford, Conn., has worked for the SBA for 29 years,…

ProPhotonix Ltd. has stopped the bleeding, basically breaking even in the last quarter of the year, resulting in an annual net loss of $2.65 million - or about 6 cents a share -- according to preliminary filings with the London-based…

Merrimack-based PC Connection Inc. has announced the acquisition of ValCom Technology, a provider of cloud-based IT service management software, for $11.6 million.Under the terms of the stock purchase agreement, PC Connection said it paid the shareholders of ValCom Technology $8.6…