With an increase in the state minimum wage apparently a foregone conclusion, the real issue is what happens to workers whose wages are mostly based on tips. House Bill 514 - introduced by Rep. Marjorie Smith, D-Durham, who chairs the…
Less than 24 hours after announcing the resignation of Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray, Governor Lynch announced her immediate successor - a man very familiar with the job. Lynch announced Tuesday that he will nominate Charles O'Leary, who served as transportation…
A whole year without disastrous hurricanes sure helps improve an insurance company’s bottom line. White Mountains Insurance announced Friday that it earned more than $706 million last year in comprehensive net income (or $62.32 a diluted share), with half of…
A seminar on “Doing Business in China: An Entrepreneurial Perspective” will be presented later this week as part of the Holloway Seminars on Entrepreneurship at the University of New Hampshire. Presented by the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at…
Five days of entrepreneurial activities are planned in New Hampshire as part of Entrepreneurship Week USA. The week -- a nationwide effort to transform today’s youth into tomorrow’s entrepreneurs - will feature events sponsored by schools, organizations and individuals. “Here…
First there was Segway and Smuttynose beer, now it’s Smuttynose and Yankee magazine. Soon we may see beer and Bellows House cookies. Smuttynose Brewery, Yankee Publishing, Segway and Bellows House Bakery have joined forces as New Hampshire Partners in Commerce,…
The deadline is Feb. 28 for submitting business plans for the Amoskeag Business Incubator Business Plan Competition, the winner of which receiving a free one-year lease at the Manchester facility. Sponsored by Southern New Hampshire University, New Hampshire Business Review,…
Currently interim president of the University of New Hampshire, J. Bonnie Newman’s extensive careers in both the private and public sectors have included management positions over administrative and executive operations at the White House during the administrations of Ronald Reagan…
Who was that guy? Watching the State of the Union address on January 23rd, I was struck by the fact that George W. Bush reached out to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic majority and the American people with a…
As domestic demand for goods made by New Hampshire’s companies weakened last year, exports became an important source of maintaining strong overall sales and jobs, thus improving statewide economic development. Abroad, economic conditions in 2006 were favorable in most areas.…
