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Contracts announced in February for future residential, nonresidential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire are below the level reported in February 2006, according to McGraw Hill Construction data. The Lexington, Mass.-based firm reported that future residential construction decreased by 52…

The mother of two young children, Jenny Chartier knows firsthand the challenges facing working mothers. So when she took over the family business - Abigail’s Bakery in Weare - seven years ago she was committed to making it a family-friendly…

As mortgage foreclosures increase nationally, the Northeast has not been as hard hit as other parts of the country, but the region, and New Hampshire, are far from immune, according to the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of NH-VT. The service,…

The New Hampshire House voted Tuesday to allow health insurers to offer individual policies containing riders that exempt those policies from covering a policyholder’s pre-existing conditions. The House voted overwhelmingly, 333-16, to pass the bill. Supporters argued that even limited…

A new alliance formed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services’ OSHA Consultation Program and the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center is aimed at keeping the state’s smaller businesses up to date…

The Women’s Business Center is bringing its monthly WomenBiz Roundtables back to the Manchester area. Entrepreneurial women from the area are invited to attend the WBC’s Welcome Back Roundtable session on Wednesday, April 4. This first meeting will be held…

The nation’s biggest home mortgage lender started foreclosure procedures in violation of the law against a Strafford man on active military duty as a result of a one-day lapse in insurance payments, according to a suit filed last week in…

If a flu pandemic were to hit New Hampshire, a recession could follow in its wake, but the impact would be less severe than in many other states, says a new study on the economic effects of a global outbreak…

New Hampshire had the fourth-fastest growth rate in the nation for venture-backed company revenue between 2003 and 2005, according to a study by the National Venture Capital Association. The report, conducted by Waltham, Mass.-based Global Insight, indicates revenue for venture-backed…

The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would regulate home contractors, despite objections that the bill requires contractors to take a course that is thus bar only offered by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire. The home…