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Nataly Kelly, the Nashua resident whose book on telephone interpretation has been entangled in the courts because of a dispute with her former employer, is working on another book. Kelly is collecting anecdotes from interpreters of all kinds - from…

Taxes and high energy costs topped the list of concerns of businesspeople who participated in the Business & Industry Association’s series of forums held around around the state in June. Other critical issues facing businesspeople in the state were the…

Wildcat Mountain Ski Area will add air travel to its list of summer activities this weekend when it opens its new zip-line thrill ride. On Saturday, July 21, visitors to the Pinkham Notch resort will get the chance to take…

David Kirkpatrick, chief financial officer of Cabletron Systems for more than a decade, said through his attorneys that civil charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging tthat he engaged in a conspiracy to inflate revenue while Cabletron was being…

Charges that former Cabletron Systems Chief Executive Officer Piyush Patel engaged in securities fraud while splitting up the former Rochester-based company are not specific enough and should be dismissed, according to Patel’s attorneys in a motion filed Friday in U.S.…

New Hampshire is among 48 states that will receive part of a $3 million settlement with Internet service provider AOL. An investigation by New Hampshire and the other states, as well as the District of Columbia, alleged that AOL provided…

Net income for New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares Inc., holding company for Lake Sunapee Bank, fell 24 percent for the second quarter of 2007, the company reported Monday. The company said consolidated net income was $2.1 million. or 48 cents per…

Thermo Fisher Scientific no longer has to maintain former Fisher Scientific directors on its board The board deleted the requirement spelled out in its bylaws that was included as part of the deal last year when the Waltham, Mass.-based Thermo…

Consumers who want to appeal denial of health insurance will no longer have to use the insurance company’s definition of “medical necessity.” The Legislature, in a bill that goes into effect today, has now put the definition into statute. In…

Say goodbye to the cod-fishing industry off in Georges Bank. Farewell to hardwood logging in the White Mountain National Forest. Forget about the ski and snowmobile industries in the Granite State. And few tourists would be shopping at Hampton Beach’s…