Will paying people who are working out of the state’s unemployment trust fund paradoxically stop the fund from hemorrhaging?Yes, say state officials, and they might be right — but to a small degree. The programs won’t save that many jobs,…
NHBR's editors recently met at the Hannah Grimes Center in Keene with businesspeople from around the region to get their take on how the region's economy is faring during the recession, and what their expectations are for the future.The participants…
Unitil Corp. won't have to pay a nearly $5 million fine for taking too long to restore power for its Massachusetts electric customers during the 2008 ice storm, but it will have to take a loss for about the same…
New Hampshire is among 32 states that will divvy up a $3 million settlement from Vonage Holdings Corp., one of the largest Internet phone service providers, putting and end to an investigation into some of the company's business practices. According…
New Hampshire's unemployment rate dropped by four-tenths of a percent in October, led by an increase in state and local government employment. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October stood at 6.8 percent, 0.4 percent lower than the 7.2 percent…
The bad news is that homes in October are selling for less they were at the same time last year in New Hampshire. The good news is more of them are selling, and the time it takes to sell them…
Rochester, N.H.-based BrandPartners Group Inc. has filed suit against two former executives, charging they stole proprietary information to start their own business and to land a job with a competitor. In separate filings, the company said that Frank Beardsworth of…
A new report shows metropolitan areas in New Hampshire have grown relatively stronger in their ability to withstand the worst of the recession. The 2009 Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best-Performing Cities Index ranks the Manchester-Nashua metro area 76th and…
In contrast to recent years, the current cap on H-1B visas - temporary U.S visas for those in specialty occupations, such as computer programmers — has yet to reach its limit. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, there…
The number of bankruptcies in New Hampshire continues on a record pace, with 466 individuals and businesses declaring bankruptcy in October -- 23 more than in September. Fourteen of the filings were by businesses. The total number of bankruptcy filings…
