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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…

A cost-cutting measure proposed in April by the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission could mean that as many as 4,000 New Hampshire beneficiaries could lose their Medicare Advantage supplemental coverage. The proposal, which proponents say is designed to improve efficiency…

Jerry Shanahan, a former Enterasys Networks executive who had previously asked that securities fraud charges against him be dropped due to the lack of a speedy trial, asked on Tuesday that his trial be delayed until Sept. 5. The court…