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Business Excellence Award nominees sought

Deadline for nominations for New Hampshire Business Review’s 2006 Business Excellence Awards is more than two months away, but entries area already coming in for the fourth annual event. The awards are presented annually by New Hampshire Business Review to…

EPA demands Beede Superfund cleanup

The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering 30 potentially responsible parties to begin cleaning up the Beede Waste Oil Superfund site in Plaistow - a cleanup that an EPA official said is due after waiting a “sufficient time” for the parties…

Keene business launches Boomer Web site

A Keene-based firm has launched a Web site it says is designed specifically for Baby Boomers. UrbanBoomer Inc.’s UrbanBoomer.com, offers members of the 40-and-up crowd their own online magazine and a fully integrated Internet community, providing them the opportunity to…

Cigna acquires low-cost health plan

Cigna HealthCare has signed an agreement to purchase Arizona-based Star HRG, a provider of basic, low-cost health plans for hourly and part-time workers and their families. Star HRG, a division of Texas-based HealthMarkets Inc., has more than 1,000 corporate clients…