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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…

Public Service of New Hampshire is asking permission from the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission to borrow up to $600 million for up to 40 years — the largest such request the company has made at one time in absolute…

The Ocean Bank name, which was first used in 1854 by a bank in Kennebunk, Maine, and has replaced the name of more then a dozen New Hampshire banks in various mergers over the last two decades, will be no…

The second New Hampshire Summit on Work and Family will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, June 7, at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.The summit is being put together by UNH Cooperative Extension, in conjunction with…

Remember last year the Legislature passed a bill requiring that all hotels and restaurants owners post a bond in case they didn’t pay up on the rooms and meals taxes they collected? Well, they can forget about it. The Senate…

New Hampshire will receive $660,560 as part of a $26.5 million national settlement with investment firm Merrill Lynch resolving issues of improperly licensed sales associates, the state Securities Bureau said.New Hampshire was part of a multi-state taskforce investigation that began…

Bottomline Technologies’ bottomline changed from red to black last quarter, but whether that justifies the recent run up in stock price remains to be seen.The Portsmouth-based software payroll firm posted a net income of nearly $1 million, or about 3…