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The number of upcoming New Hampshire contracts for residential and nonresidential construction reported in April is lower than those reported a year earlier, according to data from McGraw Hill Construction of Lexington, Mass. Contracts for future nonbuilding construction, however, are…

While the prosecution claims that the fraud committed by former Enterasys Networks executives cost stockholders $144 million, a defense expert hired has countered with another estimate: zero. Accountant Bala Dharan spent most of a 45-page report - filed Monday at…

Irving Oil Company continues to deliver 10 percent ethanol gasoline to the majority of its bulk customers, according to a company spokesman Irving spokesman Rob Wilson said only a small percentage of the company’s delivery customers in the state’s northern…

Granite Staters who’ve yearned to be on the silver screen may have a chance to fulfill that dream. An independent New Hampshire director will be filming crowd scenes for his upcoming movie, “Losing Jerry,” during a concert at the Hampton…

The Business and Industry Association will begin holding its annual policy development roundtables next month with a series of 14 forums around the state. The roundtables are designed to allow businesspeople and others in different parts of the state list…

StockerYale is still low on cash, despite the sale of shares at a discount price and the awarding of stock options to raise capital, according to the company’s quarterly statement filed last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission The…

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire and Dover’s Wentworth-Douglass Hospital have partnered in what the organizations call the first quality-based reimbursement program on the Seacoast. Anthem’s Quality Hospital Incentive Program, or Q-HIP, provides participating hospitals with financial…

White Mountains Insurance Group subsidiary White Mountain Re plans to sell 250,000 preference shares at $1,000 apiece to build up its cash cushion, the company announced Wednesday. The offering, which will be exempt from securities regulations, would go to special…

Portsmouth-based Environmental Power Corporation reported decreases in net losses and revenue for the first quarter of 2007. Officials from the Portsmouth company reported a net loss of $1.3 million, or 17 cents per common share, for the first quarter of…

BrandPartners Group closed the first quarter of 2007 with a net income of $445,000, or 1 cent per diluted share. The results mark an improvement from a net loss of $1.325 million, or a 4-cent loss per diluted share, in…