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A volatile gas market and higher interest pushed Unitil’s earnings down for the second quarter ending June 30. Net income was $1.4 million, or 25 cents per common share, down 6 percent from $1.5 million, or 27 cents per common…

The Timberland Company yesterday released its fourth Corporate Social Responsibility Report, outlining the Stratham-based company’s focus on global human rights, environmental stewardship, community involvement and employee engagement. In a preceding letter, Timberland President and CEO Jeffrey Swartz talks of the…

The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved a funding measure containing $1 million for an initiative to bring wireless broadband access to New Hampshire’s North Country. The approval, announced by U.S. Senator Judd Gregg, will be used to help design and…

A $300,000 USDA Rural Development grant has been granted to the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative to help establish a revolving loan program for economic development projects in communities served by the utility. The Rural Economic Development Grant will be matched…

Vitronics Soltec, a Stratham-based subsidiary of Dover Corporation, is on the block, the parent company announced Wednesday. According to a letter signed by Vitronics Soltec’s president, Erik Tobiason, the maker of soldering systems and technology has been put for sale…

Presstek, a Hudson-based manufacturer of sophisticated digital imaging solutions for the printing industry, posted record consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2006. The company reported that revenues were $74.2 million for the quarter, up 5 percent from the first…

Wolfeboro-based Community Bank & Trust reported decreased earnings for the second quarter of 2006. For the quarter, which ended June 30, net income was $1.843 million, or 50 cents per diluted share, down 5 percent from $1.951 million, or 53…

Increased quarterly sales of digital solutions were not enough to bridge the widening gap in losses for Nashua-based computerized mammography solutions developer iCAD as its analog business fell off significantly. Net loss for the second quarter of 2006, which ended…

Northway Financial, the Berlin-based parent corporation of Northway Bank, posted a 16 percent drop in net income for the second quarter of 2006. The quarter ended June 30 closed with a net income of $756,000, or 51 cents per basic…

Specialty lifestyle retailer and product development company Brookstone reported net sales of more than $91 million for the second quarter. The $91.3 million results represent a 4.3 percent increase over second-quarter earnings for 2005. Year-to-date net sales of $168 million…