Vermont-based Chittenden Corp.’s announced $124.1 million acquisition of Community Bank & Trust in Wolfeboro will solidify the position of Chittenden subsidiary Ocean National Bank as the fifth-largest bank in New Hampshire. The merger also would mean the loss of one…
People often tell me that they would love to invest in commercial real estate, but that they just don’t have the money. Did you know that you can invest your retirement funds in commercial real estate? Whether you’re a seasoned…
Men and women do not get to be icons without good — or bad — reason. “Leaders are born from crisis,” writes Lee Iacocca, former CEO of Chrysler, in his book “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?” He’s entitled to…
Becoming carbon neutral in a cost-effective manner has one New Hampshire university seeing green, both in terms of environmental sustainability and cost savings. According to Southern New Hampshire University President Paul LeBlanc, the Manchester school has become the state’s first…
Rep. Andrew Peterson, a Peterborough Republican, is a very good fellow - smart, moderate, thoughtful. He comes from a distinguished New Hampshire family steeped in public service. He takes policy issues seriously. On June 6, in my judgment, Representative Peterson…
Jerry Shanahan, a former Enterasys Networks executive who had previously asked that securities fraud charges against him be dropped due to the lack of a speedy trial, is asking that his trial be delayed until Sept. 5. But prosecutors insist…
Freudian slip? OK, so considering that they had to scurry around to energize their supporters, you can understand that it was a rush job. But the e-mail/fax blast sent by the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association somehow made a point…
Marla: In a wealthy, technologically-advanced society such as ours, one of the goals of our Legislature should be to provide health-care coverage to as many citizens of New Hampshire as possible. The number of people who go without health-care coverage…
While many employers have written employment policies covering employee use of company computers, e-mail and the Internet, many do not have policies covering employee blogging. Given the emergence and increasing popularity of blogging, employers should consider written policies on blogging…
A friend of mine sent me an article by Time magazine columnist Michael Kinsley that ran on the op-ed page of The New York Times. Consider that Daimler-Benz paid more than $30 billion for Chrysler and is now selling 80…
