Stephen Foss, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Foss Manufacturing Company, looted the Hampton-based firm of million of dollars while it was going broke and concealed the company’s insolvency from its creditors, charges the Official Committee of Unsecured…
CB Richard Ellis/New England will host a Commercial Real Estate and Economic Outlook Conference Wednesday June 14 at the Center of New Hampshire Radisson Hotel in Manchester. The event will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. George Bald, commissioner…
When most people think of the slave trade in America, they might think of states in the South. Many would be surprised to learn that New Hampshire was a major slave trade center during the Colonial era. This information and…
“Jack is back,” was all that was written on the second page of the brochure for the June 9 White Mountains Insurance’s annual meeting. And no one needed to be told the smiling executive in the photo was Jack Byrne,…
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce will honor Robert A. Cruess, president of the Bedford-based engineering firm Thomas F. Moran., at the 2006 Small Business Person of the Year Award Breakfast Forum, to be held June 21 at the Event…
For the past 15 years Deb Stone of Exeter has watched the evolution of New Hampshire’s retail mall business - from the inside. She began a career with Simon Property Group as director of marketing for the Mall of New…
The last week of May brought news on the front page and in the obituary columns tied various subjects together. Continuous stories and editorials about the need to improve schools and test scores raised the entire issue of education at…
A keen eye for market trends may have been the driving force behind the birth of Active Edge New Media nearly a decade ago, but it’s a sense of resiliency and adaptability along with that keen eye that has enabled…
“Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the blank earth and the result thereof,” wrote 19th century New Hampshire poet Celia Thaxter. With…
Planet Fitness filed a federal suit last week accusing Platinum Fitness in Augusta, Maine, of stealing its name and colors. The Dover-based fitness franchise chain says in its suit that Jill Harrison inquired about starting a franchise sometime in 2005,…
