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Mount Sunapee Resort will again be the site of New Hampshire’s 2007 Peak Pitch, an annual networking initiative designed to give local entrepreneurs the opportunity to sell their business ideas to venture capitalists, angel investors and other startup advisers. Scheduled…

The debate over whether to put the operation of the state-owned Cannon Mountain ski area on the auction block will be jumping out of the gates next week. The House Resources, Recreation and Development Committee will be holding a hearing…

The New Hampshire Hospital Association has developed a program designed to help patients who fall into the expensive gap of earning too much money to qualify for public assistance yet have no health coverage. Twenty-four of the state’s 26 acute-care…

Standex International Corporation has dished up a hot deal, buying all outstanding shares of Associated American Industries, a subsidiary of Dallas, Texas-based APW Wyott that specializes in “hot side” cooking products for small restaurants and convenience stores. The deal is…

Sean O'Kane, former commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development, has joined Winnipesaukee Flagship Corporation, owner and operator of the M/S Mount Washington, as president and co-owner. Under a leadership change announced Thursday by the company,…

The population of young adults in New England declined much more sharply than the national average from 1990 to 2004, according to a new fact sheet from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. During that time period,…

Thermo Fisher Scientific Chairman Paul Meister has sold off another 275,000 shares of his company for more than $12 million, according to a Tuesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing - the second within a week -…

Two businesmen with close ties to Hudson-based Presstek have been named to the board of directors of iCAD, the Nashua-based developer of imaging systems that detect cancer. Named to the iCAD board were Steven Rappaport, a partner with RZ Capital…

The Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire says it would support a constitutional amendment to allow the state to target aid to school districts. In a statement released Tuesday announcing a list of “principles” that the organization said “will…

Thermo Fisher Scientific chairman Paul Meister and CEO Marlin Dekkers cashed in millions of dollars worth of stock options at the end of last week, capitalizing on the stock’s growth since the November merger between Hampton-based Fisher Scientific and Thermo…