A Massachusetts-based telecommunications consultant is vigorously recommending that the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission reject FairPoint Communications’ proposed acquisition of Verizon’s telephone lines in New Hampshire. In testimony delivered Monday to the PUC on behalf of the commission’s Office of…
N.H. ice cream not forgotten The following letter was addressed to Cindy Kibbe, assistant editor at New Hampshire Business Review, in response to her Last Word article, “I still scream for ‘Granite’ ice cream,” which appeared in our June 8-21…
During a conversation with Kurt Dolley, the untrained eye would probably never know he has Tourette’s syndrome. The quiet 29-year-old would most likely come off as a little nervous. That’s because Dolley, like most people with Tourette’s, doesn’t swear uncontrollably.…
Marty Dumont was thinking about semi-retiring four years ago. He had visions of spending more time with his wife Carlene, playing a little golf and doing some fishing. Instead, both are still working after having taken on the challenge of…
The nation’s output of goods and services, a measure of overall U.S. income, almost stalled in the first quarter of 2007, edging up by an annual rate of just 0.7 percent — the slowest pace in more than four years.…
The nomination deadline is Aug. 24 for New Hampshire Business Review’s fifth annual Business Excellence Awards, which honor people who often don’t receive recognition for their work: owners and executives of small businesses. The awards are presented at a ceremony…
Merrimack-based GT Solar has signed a $171 million contract with China-based Glory Silicon Energy Ltd. that will help equip what is expected to be one of the largest wafer factories in the world. The plant would produce approximately 1,500 megawatts…
Federal prosecutors don’t want prospective jurors to be given a questionnaire that asks them about their experience with corporate malfeasance and stock market loss in the upcoming securities fraud trial of Enterasys Networks’ formerchief operating officer, Jerry Shanahan. The prosecutors,…
Foss Manufacturing creditors charging that Steven Foss, members of his family and business associates looted the company while it was insolvent could get their day in court, thanks to a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge’s decision to leave intact most of…
Real estate investment trust Simon Property Group Inc. announced a decline in net income available to stockholders and an increase in funds from operations for second quarter 2007. According to company financials released today, Simon saw net income available to…
