White Mountains Insurance Group posted a net income of $102.6 million in the second quarter of 2007 -- a decrease of $13 million from the previous quarter. The decrease of $9.51 a share was primarily due to losses associated with…
A new state law authorizes developers — in certain circumstances — to pay a fee to the state in lieu of performing compensatory wetlands mitigation. The new fee program offers something for everyone: a chance for municipalities to accomplish high-priority…
A visit to our coastline. A hike in our mountains. A stroll through anyone of our quaint New England towns. Could travel through New Hampshire be any sweeter? Absolutely — if you leave the scenic vistas and turn your attention…
Stephen Boucher, chairman and chief executive of Airmar Technology Corp., has always believed a successful company must be guided by a single overriding principle. For Airmar, that principle is customer satisfaction, something Boucher says is attainable only through fairness -…
It’s estimated that as many as 60 percent of home-health workers will be unable to respond to an emergency due to their own health or that of a member of their family. For those who are homebound due to illness…
A newly released report finds that New Hampshire’s small hospitals are struggling to care for patients who need treatment for mental illness. The report, “Help Needed: Emergency Mental Health Care in New Hampshire’s Rural Hospitals,” stems from a study conducted…
It didn’t take much for Jack Fischer, general manager of Southeastern Container’s Northeast region, to convince his superiors to spend more than $313,000 to help the firm’s Hudson plant stop wasting energy. It wasn’t just that the bottle manufacturer’s major…
Just say no to ‘nannies’ There’s more than a little irony that, in GOP presidential wannabe Rudy Giuliani’s travels around New Hampshire, he’s been scaring his audiences with the threat that Democrats seeking the office all want a “nanny” government.…
New Hampshire Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen’s departure from his job - announced in a letter to the governor last month — was expected, now that there are three members of the Executive Council of the governor’s party…
Bentley Pharmaceuticals’ quarterly profits dropped sharply as a result of the Spanish government’s policy of cutting the cost of prescription medicine as well as increased operating costs, the company announced Thursday.. The Exeter-based provider of generic drugs and alternative delivery…
