The New Hampshire Department of Labor staff is proposing that BrandPartners Inc. pay its workers $800,000, or about $10,000 each, for alleged violation of the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, Act.The penalty would be in addition to…
The Center for Civic Engagement at New England College in Henniker will play host next month to the final 2nd Congressional District debates of the 2010 primary season.Media partners in the debates are New Hampshire Business Review, the Concord Monitor,…
NHBR's editors recently met with Concord area businesspeople at the new Residence Inn by Marriott to get their take on how the area's economy is faring and what their expectations are for the future.The participants were: • Steve Duprey, The…
Northeast Bancorp experienced a bit of glass half full-half empty as it closed its fourth quarter and its fiscal 2010 year.The Lewiston, Maine-based parent of Northeast Bank in Portsmouth reported a quarterly income of $43,058, or just one penny per…
The argument that USA Springs' 10-year permit to withdraw 300,000 gallons of water a day out of Nottingham has expired doesn't hold water, according to an opinion by the New Hampshire Attorney General's office.The question is key because that groundwater…
The estate and daughters of a 70-year-old Exeter woman who fell ill and died after eating some allegedly contaminated beef patties at a barbecue has filed a wrongful death suit against Shaw's Supermarket and those that supplied the meat, last…
Dollar Tree Inc. fired a Merrimack man who managed some 16 stores in New England partly in retaliation for trying to protect the public from Chinese merchandise contaminated with heavy metals like lead, according to a lawsuit that moved to…
BAE Systems has announced plans to acquire Oasys Technology, a Manchester-based high-tech firm.In its announcement, the defense contracting giant didn't disclose the purchase prices, but he Web site Proactive Investors put the cost at $25 million, with another $30 million…
USA Springs has taken another step in its effort to climb out of bankruptcy and obtain the necessary financing to finish its controversial water bottling plant in Nottingham.A federal bankruptcy judge last week approved a revised plan for the company…
If your company is recruiting professional employees and you are considering employing a foreign national, H-1B visas are available this fiscal year to hire those employees.The H-1B visa allows professional people working in specialty occupations to work for businesses in…
