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With no sales or income taxes, New Hampshire has placed among the states in the country with the least burdensome business taxes. However, the picture is clouded by other financial hits against small businesses in the Granite State, according to…

It's not for as long a period as entrepreneurs in New Hampshire and around the country were hoping, but the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research grant program through Oct. 31. The…

Unitil Corp. -- still spending money as a result of the repercussions of last year's ice storm -- is also still paying out quarterly dividends. The Hampton, N.H.-based electric and gas utility announced Wednesday that it will pay a quarterly…

The University of New Hampshire has received an award for campus sustainability programs, adding yet another honor for the institution and its environmental efforts. UNH received the Campus Sustainability Leadership Award among four-year universities with between 5,000 and 15,000 students…

New Hampshire's Executive Council is expected to vote on spending $1.7 million on 18 no-bid contracts when it meets today in Warren. It will be the first meeting since NHBR published its most recent report on such "sole-source" contracts, which…

As most people who were trying to get anywhere in New Hampshire by car would attest, the pace of stimulus spending on transportation projects picked up considerably in August. The equivalent of some 282 full-time jobs were created (or layoffs…

Jim Tibbetts, president and chief executive of First Colebrook Bank, has been named the New Hampshire Bankers Association's 2009 New Hampshire Community Banker of the Year. Tibbetts, who has been at the helm of First Colebrook for 12 years, has…

Alex Ray, founder and owner of the Ashland, N.H.-based Common Man Family of Restaurants, has been named winner of the National Restaurant Association's 2009 Cornerstone Humanitarian award. The award, along with a $5,000 donation to Ray's designated cause, Webster Place…

The Timberland Company will be replacing its chief financial officer at the end of the month, the Stratham, N.H.-based casual footwear and apparel maker disclosed Thursday. John D. Crimmins III, vice president and chief financial officer, will be leaving the…

A bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave his final stamp of approval to the long-pending sale of a portion of the former Hinsdale Greyhound Park to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for $2.13 million, paving the way for the retailer to build a Walmart…