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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…

Almost a third of the $6.2 million Nashua-based iCAD Inc. lost last year went to executives and board members, and its top three executives will be getting a raise in their base salary, along with more equity awards this year,…

Ezenia! Inc. announced Wednesday that it laid off its president last week to save money, the latest sign of the company's financial troubles.The Nashua-based software firm - which lost $620,000 for the last quarter and $2.7 million last year --…

The House and Senate have each approved bills that would make it easier for small-business owners to deduct their own compensation, enabling them to avoid paying much, if not all, of the business profits tax. But the devil, as it…

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to delay a rule that would cap how much merchants pay when consumers swipe their debit cards in their stores.Retailers and the financial industry have been at odds about the legislation, with…

The number of businesses owned by women in New Hampshire has grown by 37.2 percent in the last 14 years, according to an analysis issued by American Express.American Express Open, the credit company's small-business division, reviewed and extrapolated U.S. Census…