New Hampshire companies added 12 percent more workers in September than they did in August.According to figures from the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security, 22,649 newly hired employees were added in September – compared to 20,186 adding in August.September’s…
Donald Dodge joined his partner Scott Farah on Monday in pleading guilty to federal charges of running a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of tens of millions of dollars.Dodge entered his plea in exchange for a 10-year cap on…
Fuel prices are always volatile, but New Hampshire has seen an average spike of nearly a nickel a gallon in just a week at some locations.On average, prices in the Manchester area were about $2.62 on Oct. 4 – up…
Congress has once again voted to provide temporary funding for U.S. Small Business Administration programs, including the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, this time through Jan. 31, 2011.In the ninth continuing resolution…
The New Hampshire High Technology Council has extended to Oct. 6 the deadline for companies to apply for its Product of the Year Award.The award honors New Hampshire companies with an innovative product or service.In mid-October, up to five finalists…
Mark Connolly, the former director of the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation who stepped down earlier this year charging a cover-up of the state's handling of the alleged Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. Ponzi scheme, has been awarded the North…
New Hampshire has made progress in some areas when it comes to public health preparedness, but it has a long way to go in others, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The report, "Public Health…
The pace of future construction contracts slowed in August after two consecutive months of impressive increases.According to figures from industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, the total value of future construction contracts in New Hampshire was $137.6 million, 5 percent lower…
Over the last several years - and despite the Great Recession and its persistent aftermath - New Hampshire businesses have remained just as persistent in forging ahead. Thirty-three of them were recently singled out by Inc. magazine as among the…
Public-sector workers in New Hampshire and the rest of New England earn less on average than private-sector employees, according to a study out of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Associate research professor Jeffrey Thompson and John Schmitt of the…
