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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…

A Dover sporting goods outlet is suing one of the largest Internet domain companies in federal court for using a similarly named Web site to direct Internet users to competitors as well to as online pornography sites peddling sex toys.…

A 10-year-old interested in politics recently exclaimed to her father, “You mean the election isn’t this November? With all this stuff going on, I figured it was just about to happen.” The 10-year-old had a point. Much of the activity…