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Four Keene area employers are recruiting workers to train as CNC machinists through a joint training program that is expected to create up to eight full-time jobs. Developed in partnership with River Valley Community College of Keene and the Regional…

The total value of future construction projects scheduled to be built in New Hampshire slowed considerably in November 2010. According to figures from industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, there was a 52 percent drop in nonbuilding projects -- roads, bridges…

A former New Hampshire Banking Department attorney denies that she told a fellow agency employee that former Banking Commissioner Peter Hildreth gave special treatment to powerful banking industry lobbyist Chris Gallagher.Andrea Shaw -- who recommended that Financial Resources Mortgage Inc.'s…

Dollar General Corp. has announced plans to open 625 new stores across the country – including in New Hampshire.The Goodlettsville, Tenn., discounter already has more than 9,200 stores in 35 states -- more retail locations than any retailer in the…

The year 2010 ended on a relatively good note for New Hampshire, when it comes to bankruptcy filings at least. The number of bankruptcies sharply declined in December compared to November 2010 and December 2009. But even with that decline,…

Heidi Copeland, associate publisher of Business NH magazine, has purchased Millyard Communications Inc., the company that publishes the monthly magazine. No sale price was given for the company, which also produces several statewide events, including the Made in NH expo.…

A subsidiary of a bankrupt New Jersey shoe company has agreed to buy CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc., an Exeter, N.H., firm that develops alternative drug delivery systems. The price is $77.6 million, or $27.25 a share, the companies announced Tuesday morning.…

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank's 2005 Resolution rating to A1, or "upper medium grade," from Aa3, or "high grade, high quality," affecting $259 million in outstanding debt, said the ratings agency in a release.The…

In a welcome holiday bonus, foreclosures in New Hampshire were down some 11 percent in November from the prior month.According to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, there were 227 foreclosures reported in November - the second monthly decrease in…

An audio-visual equipment integrator has moved its headquarters from Massachusetts to a larger facility in Nashua - and bringing more than 20 jobs to the state. According to a release by the company, CCS New England opened its new 26,000-square-foot…