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A new state law requiring restaurants to renew their rooms and meals tax license every other year was signed into law Monday by the governor, but its major effect shouldn’t be felt for a while. Although the law goes into…

Gov. John Lynch, making good on his pledge to revive the state’s Job Training Fund, yesterday signed into a law a bill that restores its funding. Senate Bill 97 dedicates up to $1 million a year from the Unemployment Compensation…

Despite a very difficult start to New Hampshire’s 2006-07 ski season, the number of alpine skiers taking to the state’s slopes declined only slightly, according to the trade group Ski NH. The number of cross-country skiers increased from the previous…

A southern New Hampshire oil company may face up to $157,500 in penalties and a Queen City landlord may face up to $92,800 in fines by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in two separate complaints lodged by the agency’s New…

GPS Furniture International, now mostly known as Sunset Trading, will still be selling furniture, despite filing bankruptcy last week. On Tuesday, a bankruptcy judge ruled that the company - located in Londonderry right outside the Manchester Airport -- could dip…

Former Riverstone Networks executives are attempting to settle civil securities fraud charges, according to court documents filed in the case last week. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the six executives with inflating revenue when the company was spinning…

A North Country resort, spa and condo complex for the environmentally conscious filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, but its president, Laila Fekay, shrugged it off as a mere “interruption in the process,” and “just a way to refinance.” Besides,…

Wendy’s International has announced that a special committee of its board of directors will begin exploring the possibility of selling the company. “Our goal is to move forward expeditiously and to minimize disruption to the company and its operations,” said…

Resort and real estate revenues both increased for American Skiing Company during the third quarter ended April 29. And, while income from continuing real estate operations increased, the loss from continuing resort operations also increased according to the company’s quarterly…

Securities fraud charges against Jerry Shanahan should not be dismissed because he didn’t get a speedy trial, especially since the former chief operating officer of Enterasys Networks just filed a motion to delay it, prosecutors said in a motion filed…