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A New Hampshire House committee has given the green light to a bill aimed at restoring the state’s Job Training Fund. The House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee voted to support Senate Bill 97, which would appropriate $1 million…

New Hampshire has joined with 31 other states as a founding member of The Climate Registry, a multi-state effort to track and manage greenhouse gas emissions. In announcing the state’s participation in the registry, Gov. John Lynch said the registry…

Signature pulled pork sandwiches and baby back ribs were delivered to diners at Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill restaurants in Concord and Newington for the last time last Friday night, when both closed their doors for good. The closings were…

The Thermo Electron-Fisher Scientific merger resulted in the layoff of 250 employees in the new company’s first few months, according to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s most recent quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is a small fraction of…

The Peter Nugent Motor Company of Colebrook may have to pay up to $157,500 in fines for allegedly failing to plan for oil spills in violations as far back as 1997. According to a complaint filed Monday by the New…

A story that appeared in the May 1 edition of NHBR Daily, “Ex-Presstek CFO severance: $275,” incorrectly inferred that the Securities and Exchange Commission raised questions about Presstek’s accounting methods. In fact, the firm initiated the questions, asking the SEC…

George McQuilken, one of the five founders of the eCoast Angels Network, has been chosen to receive the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics 2007 Entrepreneurial Venture Creation “Person of the Year” award. The Entrepreneurial Venture…

White Mountains Insurance earned slightly more than $92 million last quarter, down slightly from the $96 million in net income reported in the first quarter of the previous year, according to Wednesday’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The…

In an effort to lure more biotech companies to New Hampshire, state business recruiters will be attending the May 6-9 Bio2007 World Conference in Boston. The New Hampshire Business Resource Center, in coordination with its trade show partners, Public Service…

A Londonderry sand and gravel mining company and three related firms have agreed to pay a $250,000 fine to settle allegations that they violated stormwater and wetlands laws. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it performed several inspections between 2002…