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StockerYale Inc. is getting rid of a key part of its business, the Salem, N.H.-based company announced Wednesday. The maker of photonics products is selling its North American laser assets – about half of the company in terms of revenue…

While gasoline prices have been lower for the last few weeks, a recent spike in oil prices may cause more pain at the pumps soon. The American Automobile Association said Wednesday's price of a gallon of regular gas in the…

The Timberland Company's former chief financial officer will leave the company with a severance package of more than $500,000, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. John Crimmins III, who left the company at the end of…

The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund has been named the winner of the prestigious and lucrative 2009 Wachovia NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance. The Wachovia NEXT Awards, a joint effort of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the…

The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund has been named the winner of the prestigious and lucrative 2009 Wachovia NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance. The Wachovia NEXT Awards, a joint effort of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the…

Portsmouth, N.H.-based Bottomline Technologies paid Robert A. Eberle $1.8 million for serving as chief executive in the last fiscal year, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That's $100,000 less than the amount the financial software company…

Those having a tough time paying for prescription medications may be able to get some help from a discount program that has just become available in New Hampshire. United Networks of America is launching the New Hampshire Rx Card, which…

A mystery firm has agreed to invest $55 million to purchase nearly two-thirds of the assets of USA Springs, the company that wants to build a water bottling plant in Nottingham, according to a letter of intent allowed Thursday by…

Sovereign Bank filed suit Monday against Findings Inc., a large jewelry manufacturer in Keene, charging that Findings is in default of a consignment and loan agreement. The bank is asking for about $4 million in precious metals back as well…

Ever since the economy slumped, there has been a decline in tourism around New Hampshire, but most significantly in the North Country. That's why New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch and Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas have begun a tour of the…