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The second annual “A-Ha!” New Hampshire Social Media Business Summit will be held Monday, Sept. 27 at Public Service of New Hampshire in Manchester.The summit, hosted by the state Division of Economic Development, Epiphanies Inc. and PSNH, is geared toward…

The number of newly hired workers in New Hampshire dropped by nearly 11 percent in August, according to figures provided by the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security.Some 20,186 new hires were reported in August – 10.6 percent fewer than…

A dispute that could affect "millions and millions of dollars" in retirement investments, and involving a now-dissolved custodian bank in Concord, has landed in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire.According to the suit, filed by RealTrust IRA Alternatives, based in…

The number of bankruptcy filings in New Hampshire dropped sharply in August compared to last month and a year earlier. It was second consecutive monthly decrease in what had been an unrelenting four-year climb in bankruptcy filings.There were 421 filings…

Unlike the leaves that are already beginning to fall in some parts of New Hampshire, visitor spending for the coming Labor Day weekend is expected to rise.According to a report by the Institute for New Hampshire Studies for the state…

Aside from a little shift in emphasis – putting more of the blame on the Banking Department and the Attorney General's Office and a bit less on the Bureau of Securities Regulation – no major revelations are contained in the…

USA Springs has backed off its attempt to convince a bankruptcy judge to overrule state and local permit requirements, at least for now.Facing objections from the town of Nottingham and the state of New Hampshire, the company said Friday that…

A recent report by U.S. News & World Report has named New Hampshire the second best state in the country to build a nest egg prior to retirement.Creating an index based on data including per capita income, annual growth in…

Contracts for future construction projects in New Hampshire skyrocketed in July.According to figures from industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, the dollar amount of July contracts totaled $546.5 million -- more than five times the total of $107.2 million recorded in…

Starting today your municipality or your utility can lend your business money for cleaner or more efficient energy improvements to your property, and you can pay it back through your property tax bill or your utility bill. The question is,…