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After a complicated month-long trial and seven days of deliberations, a jury with virtually no accounting experience convicted four former Enterasys Networks executives of conspiring to commit securities fraud Tuesday afternoon in US District Court in Concord. But the jury…

New Hampshire businesses may be eligible for damages as the result of a $2 million, 34-state settlement involving an Arizona-based online yellow pages directory company. Under the settlement, negotiated by New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte and the attorneys general…

The Jack in the Box chain has taken the top spot in the latest Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index report issued by the University of New Hampshire, as its stock increased by more than a third in its market value…

Four of five former executives of Enterasys Networks were found guilty this afternoon in their securities fraud trial. Jurors hearing the case in U.S. District Court in Concord found all but Jerry Shanahan, former chief operating officer of the firm,…

Bill Phillips, district director of the New Hampshire office of the US Small Business Administration for more than 25 years, will be stepping down from the post early next year. Phillips announced his retirement plans Thursday. He joined the agency…

The Whaleback Mountain ski area in Enfield is behind on its fuel bills, according to a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Concord. Irving Oil says the facility, which reopened last year after being closed for four years,…

Fourteen New Hampshire businesses have been named as the top “diversity-owned” small businesses in the state by a multicultural business Web site. In its seventh annual listing, DiversityBusiness.com names the top small businesses in each of the 50 states. Named…

Thermo Fisher Scientific is doing better than expected, according to the first annual guidance issued since Massachusetts-based Thermo Electron acquired the Hampton-based Fisher Scientific. The medical and laboratory products company announced Thursday that it will be raising its guidance for…

As the jury in the Enterasys Networks securities fraud case deliberated for the fourth day without reaching a verdict, the presiding judge Thursday denied the prosecution’s motion to confiscate the passport of one of the five defendants. The prosecution said…

WellPoint has begun offering its online health assessment tools in Spanish. The Indianapolis, Ind.-based insurer said the free health assessment helps Spanish-speaking members to identify and understand their personal risk factors. After completing the online questionnaire, members will receive a…