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…
A marketing firm in Manchester is suing a multibillion-dollar corporation for messing with its Make A Mess trademark.Gigunda Group Inc., in a suit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Concord, claims that Delta Faucet teamed up with eModeration…
Some analysts had predicted that gas prices might eclipse $3 this past summer. That never happened, thanks to the continued sluggish economy, and throughout the summer prices have remained in the same ballpark as last year’s prices.A gallon of regular…
The University of New Hampshire in Manchester has received a grant worth nearly $600,000 to promote interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, degree programs and professional fields.The $599,821 grant from the National Science Foundation will fund UNH…
