In her first few months as Citizens Bank New Hampshire’s new president, Cathy Schmidt has already seen more of the Granite State than many of its longtime residents. Schmidt spent the first 120 days of her tenure intent on visiting…
More presidential candidates came to New Hampshire in the last couple of weeks to test the waters. One was the governor of New York, George Pataki. Historically, the governor of New York occupies an important place in American politics. In…
I just returned from a national meeting of the Counselors of Real Estate. This is a very high-powered group. The meeting was in Charleston, S.C., one of those Sun Belt cities that is growing in leaps and bounds and is…
Eminent domain, New Hampshire style To the editor: Eminent domain in China means brute force and bulldozers. In Russia and countries like them, they throw the property owner in jail and confiscate their property. In New Hampshire, the Senate and…
Next to payroll, health insurance is typically the No. 1 cost driver for New Hampshire businesses. Over the past few years, this has become an issue for businesses of all sizes, but it particularly affects small businesses which represent the…
Hook, line and sinker George Pataki is apparently using as many of his waning days as possible as governor of New York to spend as little time in the Empire State as he can to lay the groundwork for a…
Realtors must not have many friends at the Federal Reserve. Despite a fresh face at the top, our central bank raised the Fed funds rate by another quarter-point in March and implied that they were not done yet. The result…
Recent data about international economic conditions certainly paints a cheerful picture for exporters in New Hampshire. In all parts of the globe — Europe, Latin America, north of the border and Asia — business activity continues to be strong and…
New Hampshire may just be the most motorcycle-crazy state in the nation, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council, which reports 5.7 motorcycles are registered per 100 people in the Granite State - the highest number of bikes per capita in…
If you export certain items or services and make a mistake in the export licensing process, it could end up costing you as much as $50,000 per violation. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has issued…
