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After several months of negotiations, the New Hampshire Business Council has agreed to merge with the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire. Founded in 2001, the Business Council was launched in part out of frustration over BIA's perceived under-representation…

“Getting Down to Business: Graduate Business Education Options In and Around Manchester” is the title of a coming workshop presented by the Manchester Young Professionals Network. The event, sponsored by Northwest Mutual Financial Network, will be held from 5:30 to…

Lonza Biologics will hold a job fair June 27 in an effort to find workers for its facility at the Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth. The firm says it has diverse positions, from entry-level to skilled in high-tech biomanufacturing and…

The Business & Industry Association has finished five of 15 scheduled listening forums this month, a series designed to muster ideas and support for the organization’s legislative agenda for the 2007 session. Some 50 corporate leaders turned out June 15…

If you earned about $18 an hour or the salaried equivalent you’re not alone, according to the newly released New Hampshire Occupational Employment and Wages report. Based on May 2005 data, the Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau of the…

American Skiing Company, owner of Attitash Bear Peak ski area in Bartlett, reported a 23 percent increase in net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2006. Strong visitation levels at its resorts out West during the winter and the…

A federal bankruptcy judge said Thursday he would issue an order essentially freezing the assets of Stephen Foss, the former chairman and CEO of Foss Manufacturing Company, and his wife, Patricia Foss. Judge J. Michael Deasy, said that if the…

Fitch Ratings has upgraded New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank 2006 Series A bonds from AA to AA+, with an outlook on the $53 million worth of bonds as “positive.” The bonds are scheduled to sell on June 22 through competitive…

The board of directors of Presstek officially has a new chairman. John W. Dreyer, “lead director” since March 2005, was chairman of the board of the Hudson printing equipment supplier on Tuesday, enabling him to work more “in partnership” with…

The long-awaited sentencing of convicted former American Tissue CEO Mehdi Gabayzadeh has been postponed once again. Gabayzadeh was scheduled to be sentenced June 15 in federal district court in Central Islip, N.Y., where he was found guilty in April 2005…