Skillsoft PLC has purchased Thompson NETg from Thompson Learning Inc., a Stamford, Conn.-based company, for $285 million in cash and stock. Thompson NETg produces a suite of e-learning and testing tools for information techology professionals. Nashua-based Skillsoft is a provider…
Piyush Patel, the former chief executive officer of Cabletron Systems who engineered the 2001 division of the company is one of the few high-ranking executives involved with the split-up not facing charges of securities fraud. None of the remnants of…
The U.S. Attorney’s office in northern California has launched an ongoing grand jury investigation pertaining to Cabletron Systems spinoff Riverstone Networks, according to court papers filed Wednesday in bankruptcy court. According to an Oct. 20 bankruptcy court filing, a criminal…
Jessica Garofoli loves numbers, sales and marketing, but she is absolutely passionate about theculture and food of her family’s homeland of Palombara Sabina, Italy. The petite, energetic 25-year-old found a way to marry the two last January when, with the…
A years-long trade dispute between lumber companies in the United States and Canada seemed to have been settled in September, but the solution itself has created as many questions as answers. A day after the settlement was announced a group…
Fifteen small-business owners from 14 industries across the state were honored Wednesday, Oct. 11, for their determination, industriousness, innovation and achievements at the fourth annual New Hampshire Business Review Business Excellence Awards held at The Event Center at C.R. Sparks…
Defense and aerospace company BAE Systems has received a $95.6 million funding increment from the U.S. Army for BAE’s Common Missile Warning System, which will be used to protect aircraft from heat-seeking missiles. The transaction is part of a five-year…
A Texas-based low-cost health insurer, under fire from the Massachusetts attorney general’s office, is now being scrutinized by the New Hampshire Insurance Department. Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly filed suit Oct. 23 in Suffolk County Superior Court, alleging that…
Global Relief Technologies of Portsmouth has been retained by the Department of Defense to help track the occurrence of avian flu in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim. Under a $3.5 million contract, GRT will provide Marine Corps field crews…
The city of Rochester is the latest municipality to be named an official Main Street community by the New Hampshire Main Street Center. Named on Wednesday during the center’s annual Downtown Conference, the city will now “become part of a…
