Like most businesses, Hampton-based utility holding company Unitil Corporation has been facing ever-increasing costs for its employees’ retirement plans. And like most businesses, Unitil also has to face the passing of those increasing costs on to the consumer. But, unlike…
Anatomy of an editorial writer Readers of the Union Leader’s editorial page have Harper’s magazine’s Ken Silverstein to thank for giving us the details of editorial page editor Drew Cline’s c.v. Silverstein wrote the piece that appeared last month on…
The second-quarter delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one- to four- unit residential properties in New Hampshire increased, as did the percentage of mortgages in the foreclosure process, according to the Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Association of New Hampshire. According…
New Hampshire will get more than $85,000 from pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline to settle claims it overcharged Medicaid and Medicare for two anti-nausea drugs, Attorney General Kelly Ayotte announced yesterday. New Hampshire is one of several states sharing in a total…
In August, President Bush signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the most comprehensive retirement benefits reform act in at least a decade. While the act affects nearly every type of retirement arrangement, as well as a large…
Effective July 1, New Hampshire’s law against discrimination has been amended to broaden the list of employees under its protection to those working for charitable and educational organizations previously exempted from compliance. New Hampshire law previously exempted from the definition…
KDPaine & Partners, the Durham-based marketing and public relations measurement firm, yesterday opened a second office in the North Country city of Berlin. The Berlin office will initially employ four people who will handle media analysis and coding work for…
The Grafton County Nursing Home was found to have zero deficiencies in a recent annual survey by the state Department of Health and Human Services. HHS officials reported that they found no deficiencies in the nursing home’s patient care, bookkeeping…
A $250,000 commitment from the Lincoln Financial Group Foundation has helped the Campaign for Red River Theatres in Concord reach the $1 million mark. Red River Theatres, formed in 2000, is in the midst of a $1.8 million construction campaign…
Editor’s note: In our Aug. 18-31 issue, New Hampshire Business Review explored the effect impact fees on the cost of new-home construction. This issue we look at other issues that may contribute to the cost of housing - and sometimes…
