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While BrandPartners made progress in posting earnings for the third quarter of 2006, the Rochester-based diversified retail environment provider still struggled with several quarters of losses. Revenues were $13.5 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to revenues of…

Former Enterasys Networks CEO Enrique “Henry” Fiallo told Wall Street that his company would meet expected revenue goals in the first quarter after it spun off from Cabletron Systems in 2001, even though he didn’t think such a target was…

Executives of The Timberland Company are exploring the possibility of selling the business, according to yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, which cited as sources “people familiar with the matter.” The company, valued at $2 billion, has reportedly hired Goldman Sachs to…

The New England economy is expected to experience slow growth, and uncertainty in the housing market could have a significant negative influence in the region, says economist Ross Gittell in his latest regional forecast. But Gittell, a University of New…

Defense lawyers representing former Enterasys Networks executives on trial for securities fraud continued to pound away at the creditability of the government’s first witness on his last day of testimony Tuesday in US District Court in Concord. Attorneys questioned Gary…

Entrepreneur and marketing expert Katie Paine will be the keynote speaker at the premier of The Breakfast Table, an event newly launched by the Women’s Business Center. Paine will speak Dec, 5 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Portsmouth. Her…

TD Banknorth’s mergers and acquisitions as well as restructuring charges drove results down 25 percent for the third quarter of 2006. Net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 was $86.1 million, a $2.6 million decrease from an income…

Environmental Power Corporation has entered into an agreement that will enable the Portsmouth-based company to fulfill the saleable gas rights of its Microgy subsidiary under a long- term purchase contract signed last month with Pacific Gas and Electric. The Monday…

New Hampshire, 13 other states and several consumer and environmental groups have reached an agreement with the Department of Energy calling for updated efficiency standards for a wide variety of common appliances. Under the deal - which ends a 2005…

Testimony by the first witness in the government’s case against five former Enterasys Networks officials charged with securities fraud has backfired badly, at least so far. Testimony by Gary Workman, the former president of Enterasys’s Asia Pacific Division was “devastating,”…