Could cigar taxes reach $10?
Cigar smokers in New Hampshire and the rest of the country could be paying up to $10 more per stogie if a proposal to raise tobacco excise taxes is passed by Congress. The proposed increase is part of a bipartisan…
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Hanover firm wins patent for direct-mail tool
NextMark Inc., a Hanover-based designer of direct-mail applications, has been awarded a patent for a new mailing list selection technique. According to the company, the patent describes a method for generating a highly targeted mailing lists of prospective customers for…
SEC closes SkillSoft investigation
The Securities and Exchange Commission has ended an investigation into financial statement irregularities involving SmartForce, a company acquired in 2002 by Nashua-based SkillSoft. SkillSoft said the SEC has closed the investigation without taking any actions against the company. SkillSoft purchased…
Q&A with: Compaq Big Band leader Al Saloky
In 1975, Al Saloky was an engineer at Digital Equipment Corp., which was tucked into an old woolen mill in Maynard, Mass. The high-tech manufacturer was hitting its stride churning out refrigerator-sized computers, and employees needed extra-curricular diversions to release…
New Peterborough neighborhood takes environment seriously
A town of 6,100 people, Peterborough boasts the first public library in the country, the oldest operating summer theater and the renowned MacDowell Colony. Now the town is preparing to adopt one more title - it will become home to…
Flotsam & Jetsam
The doctor is in Some of you may remember Lanny Davis, Spin Doctor No. 1 for the Clinton administration during the time of the Lewinsky troubles. During those heady years, the good doctor’s talking head could be seen just about…
Enterasys sentences could have been even tougher
One week into the securities fraud trial of five former Enterasys Networks executives, a defense attorney was questioning whether a witness was only cooperating to avoid spending “a big chunk” of her life in prison. At the time, U.S. District…
July EYE Award Winner: Brian Hooper, Mechanical Systems Inc.
Mechanical Systems Inc. may not be the biggest mechanical and piping contractor and service provider in the region, but company vice president Brian Hooper will tell you it’s among the best when it comes to meeting the heating, air conditioning,…
Ohio firm hired for Berlin biomass project
The Berlin biomass fuel project is one step closer to becoming a reality. New York-based Laidlaw Energy Group Inc. and its affiliate, Laidlaw Berlin LLC, have contracted with Ohio-based power generation giant Babcock & Wilcox to convert the former Fraser…
Halsted named Cedar Point CFO
Donald Halsted will join Derry-based Cedar Point Communication as its new chief financial officer later this month. Halsted has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 25 years, most recently serving as CFO of 3Com Corp. of Marlborough, Mass.…
