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Wolfeboro-based Community Bank and Trust Company reported that second-quarter earnings fell by a third compared to the previous year. The bank, which is about to be merged into Chittenden Corp.’s Ocean National Bank, reported net income of $1.296 million, or…

Net sales increased and losses declined in the second quarter for lifestyle specialty retailer Brookstone Inc., the company reported. The Nashua-based Brookstone yesterday reported net sales of $99.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, a 9.4 percent increase…

StockerYale Inc. lost $2.15 million last quarter, slightly more than twice the amount it lost in the same quarter of the previous year, the company reported on Wednesday. The Salem-based provider of photonics-based products sustained the loss despite a 53…

Letters started going out earlier this month notifying former Ameriquest borrowers they may eligible for a small piece of a $325 million predatory lending settlement. Rosemary Gilroy of Amherst hasn’t received such a letter yet, but even if she did,…

Contracts for future residential, nonresidential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire remained sluggish in June. According to data compiled by McGraw Hill Construction of Lexington, Mass., contracts for future residential construction decreased 11 percent, to $83 million, in June 2007,…

Merrimack-based GT Solar has received a $40.7 million order from a firm in Greece. Included in the order from Soltech S.A. of Patras, Greece, is production of a line of equipment capable of creating 30 megawatts of solar wafers, cells…

iCAD shareholders approved a stock compensation package for the company’s executives totaling 375,000 shares, worth about $1.5 million. Garnering most of the common stock awards was chief executive Ken Ferry, who is set to receive 275,000 shares. With an exercise…

A recently approved 70-cent increase in the federal minimum wage takes effect today. In New Hampshire, the wage will increase by another 65 cents when a state-mandated hike takes effect on Sept. 1. Both changes comes 10 years after the…

The New Hampshire Travel Council has made several changes in its organization, including a consolidation of its fall and spring conferences and the elimination of the organization’s one paid staff position, its executive director. The changes are credited to the…

Businesses seeking skilled and qualified employees are being sought to take part in the second annual Concord/Lakes Region Job Fair, scheduled for Sept. 5 at the National Guard State Armory in Concord. The job fair - to be held from…