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Deborah Platt Majoras, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Business and Industry Association annual dinner. The evening will begin at 5 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Center of New Hampshire, Manchester. Among…

The University of New Hampshire has launched its first degree program outside the United States, offering a master of science in the management of technology to students in Seoul, South Korea. A program of the Whittemore School of Business and…

The Small Business Adminsitration backed 1,028 loans valued at a total of more than $127 million to New Hampshire businesses in the 2006 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. The number of SBA-backed loans was down 17 percent from the…

More than 560,000 out-of-state visitors are expected to take part in leaf-peeping for the upcoming Columbus Day Weekend, according to estimates released Tuesday by the state Division of Travel and Tourism Development. According to a report put together for the…

Beginning this fall, buyers of Timberland footwear will bring their new purchases home in environmentally friendlier packaging boasting a product information label outlining the company’s environmental and community footprint. The new “Our Footprint” label will resemble the “nutrition facts” label…

A decline in residential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire continues, according to newly released data from McGraw Hill Construction. The Lexington, Mass.-based firm said that contracts for future residential construction were down 26 percent, to $96.5 million, in August…

New Hampshire has seen a net loss of 5,502 trade-related jobs since the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect 12 years ago. According to a three-country study by the non partisan Economic Policy Institute, 10,778 trade-related New Hampshire jobs…

Hypertherm, a developer of plasma cutting technology headquartered in Hanover, is reaping the rewards of a Vermont-based training program. Barely two weeks ago, 16 new employees began a new career with Hypertherm, working second and third shifts as CNC machinists…

Mary Magnell, broker-owner of Hanover-based Magnell, McNamara & Associates, was named state Realtor of the Year September 25 at the New Hampshire Association of Realtors’ annual fall convention at the Balsams Grand Resort. Magnell, a Canaan resident, received the statewide…

Citing the troubled automobile industry, The Timken Company announced that it was laying off as many as 700 workers, equivalent to 5 percent, in its automotive unit. But during a Sept. 29 conference call, company officials said that Timken’s other…