After almost 15 years at the helm of the Belknap County Economic Development Council, Executive Director Eliza Leadbeater has announced that she will be stepping down from the post. Her retirement was announced Monday by Greg Dickinson, chairman of the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific will pay its five top executives a total of more than $3 million in 2007 and award them some well over $4 million in bonuses for 2006. The company announced on Friday that Chief Executive Officer Marijn…
Jeffrey Cook, the man hired last week as Presstek’s new chief financial officer, will be earning $275,000 plus an annual bonus of slightly less than $150,000 for 2007, and has been awarded some 250,000 shares worth of stock options, according…
To the editor: In 1987 my grandmother lost a painful two-year-long fight with lung cancer. Despite giving up half a lung, the disease ended her life prematurely. She had smoked for just one year of her life, at age 16.…
On Feb. 13, David Walker, the comptroller general of the United States and head of the General Accountability Office — the government’s official watchdog when it comes to wasteful spending — stopped at the Capitol Center of the Arts in…
When Gov. John Lynch delivered his budget address to the New Hampshire Legislature Feb. 15, he presented more than just numbers. The budget says a lot about his policies, priorities and vision for New Hampshire. Lynch proposed raising the tobacco…
Backers of a ban on smoking in the state’s restaurants won a significant victory Feb. 22 when the state Senate voted 17-7 to endorse a measure establishing the ban. The vote marked a significant reversal from last March, when the…
Family planning Why would Republican presidential hopeful John McCain pay attention to an upcoming fund-raiser for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England? Well, the event - planned at Keene State College and featuring author John Irving, who will read from…
Family businesses comprise more than 80 percent of all businesses in North America and account for six out of every 10 jobs in the United States. Unfortunately, these vital contributors to our economy face an inevitable crisis: The vast majority…
For the first time, all of New Hampshire’s professional sports organizations have joined together to support a charitable endeavor that also involves both the state Business Resource Center and Southern New Hampshire University. Called “Team NH,” the effort unites the…
