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Any business trying to collect against delinquent or deadbeat customers - even after winning a small claims or Superior Court judgment - might be intrigued by the solution proposed by Jordan Ulery, a Republican state representative from Hudson: Withhold their…

Addressing the high cost of energy and health care tops the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire’s public-policy agenda for 2007, which it released Tuesday. The organization listed five issues on which it will work this year - issues…

Simon Property Group, owner of a number of New Hampshire retail malls has projected earnings for 2007 to be below analyst projections. Officials from the real estate investment company projected 2007 diluted funds from operation to be between $5.70 and…

The University of New Hampshire Organic Dairy Research Farm has joined the national Organic Valley farmers cooperative as a milk supplier and full voting member. The UNH Organic Dairy will serve as both an applied research center for integrated organic…

Should the Consumer Protection Bureau of the attorney general’s office be able to weigh in about matters involving the Consumer Protection Act currently handled by other regulatory agencies, such as the Banking Department? State Rep. Neil Kurk, R-Weare, says it…

Pennichuck East Utility has completed the purchase of the Exeter-based Forest Ridge community water system. The announcement came within days of Pennichuck Water Works’ announced completion of the second of three major phases of a $40 million upgrade to its…

The US Post Office in Goffstown is the first postal office in New Hampshire to be accepted into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Star Voluntary Protection Program for worksites committed to effective employee protection beyond OSHA requirements. The designation…

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…