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The Securities and Exchange Commission still has a securities fraud civil case against six former executives of Cabletron Systems and its spinoffs, it's just not much of one. U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe last week dismissed more than…

Bankruptcy filings aren't continuing to increase in New Hampshire, but they aren't slowing down very much either. Some 442 people filed for bankruptcy protection in New Hampshire in September -- four fewer than August, but about 10 percent less than…

The 2009 NHBR Health Care Forum, focusing on the strategies used by progressive companies to keep employees healthy and productive while controlling costs, will be presented Tuesday morning, Oct. 20, at The Event Center at C.R. Sparks, Bedford. Presented by…

New Hampshire has the highest average three-year median household income of all states in the country, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The state also leads the country with a 5.7 percent increase in income between 2005 and…

The value of contracts for future residential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire increased in August -- signs that the New Hampshire construction industry may be emerging from its torpor. According to industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, the total value…

One New Hampshire lawmaker is betting that his fellow representatives are willing to grant small businesses some tax relief by lessening the burden of the state's business enterprise tax. While other Republicans have filed legislation seeking repeal of a number…

From now on, if you sign a contract with a New Hampshire employee leasing company, you might want to pay a little extra attention to the fine print. Until today, the state Department of Labor would go after the leasing…

Concord-based Clean Power Development said Monday it has obtained an air permit to operate a planned biomass plant in Berlin. According to Clean Power, the state Department of Environmental Services determined that the plan met the standard of the lowest…

The Coos County electric transmission loop can handle a bio-energy plant planned in Berlin, but it may be the last generating plant the loop can handle without a major upgrade. Clean Power Development, the company planning to build the Berlin…

With no sales or income taxes, New Hampshire has placed among the states in the country with the least burdensome business taxes. However, the picture is clouded by other financial hits against small businesses in the Granite State, according to…