Americans are living longer these days. I recently heard on the radio that the oldest person in America had just passed away at age 116. As baby boomers, we’re experiencing a new phenomenon that will last many generations to come:…
In October, I served as host to Neal Peirce, a syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. Neal is affiliated with Citistates Group. He and Curtis Johnson spent three years working on the New England Futures Project. They spent…
Scotland’s “water of life,” better known to most of us as scotch whisky, isn’t nearly as difficult or complicated to enjoy as one would think, as 20 tasters found out at the most recent Top Shelf Tasting, held Dec. 20…
Before they walk through your door, they click through your Web site — really! It’s a fast-paced, high-tech world we work in, and it’s vital for businesses to have an informative, easy-to-navigate site that allows visitors to quickly find what…
One of the major changes New Hampshire’s adoption earlier this year of the Trust Modernization and Competitiveness Act of 2006 trust laws brings to the state’s trust law is the creation of a new group of trust companies called family…
After falling 2.9 percent in September, exports from New Hampshire companies declined another 4 percent in October - a $9.7 million monthly fall in foreign shipments that brought total exports to $234.4 million in October. But, compared with last year,…
If you’re like the over 128,500 home-based businesses incubating in New Hampshire, you may be eligible for tax deductions on a portion of your everyday living expenses. But a word of caution: the Internal Revenue Service is paying very close…
Governor John Lynch talked about more than school funding and taxes during his inaugural address on Thursday, devoting some of his attention to proposals that directly address issues of concern to New Hampshire’s business community. And now that Lynch has…
Exeter-based Bentley Pharmaceuticals expects to take a big hit in revenue, thanks to a regulatory change in Spain, the company announced Wednesday. The change, which lowers the Spanish government’s reimbursement rate, was announced by the Ministry of Health on Dec.…
Guy Woodland, newly appointed senior vice president of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind in Concord, begins each day at the office by checking his voice mail messages. It’s rare that there isn’t at least one request for help…
