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Berlin-headquartered Northway Financial Inc. Wednesday a 31 percent increase in net income for the first quarter ended March 31. The financial holding company reported a net income of $1.08 million, or 72 cents per share, up from $823,000, or 55…

Standex International announced Wednesday a quarterly cash dividend of 21 cents a share to stockholders of record as of May 11. The dividend, the Salem-based conglomerate’s 167th consecutive payout, will be payable May 25. - NHBR STAFF

iCAD Incorporated has signed a two-year agreement with the HealthTrust Purchasing Group to provide preferred pricing on its CAD mammography systems to group members. According to the Nashua-based firm, iCAD’s SecondLook film-based mammographic CAD solutions and the TotalLook system, which…

Fine Line Drywall of Keene failed to invest nearly $30,000 of its workers’ pension plan contributions withheld from their paychecks, according to a suit filed last week by the federal Department of Labor. The funds were supposed to be placed…

Ledyard National Bank reported net income of $840,224, or 83 cents a share, for the quarter ended March 31, a slight decrease from the same period a year ago. In 2005, the Norwich, Vt.-based bank that serves the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee…

The 30th annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism is planned for May 15-17 at the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch. Sponsored by Public Service of New Hampshire and presented by the New Hampshire Travel Council, the three-day conference will…

With its acquisition by Talbots only weeks away, J Jill Group Tuesday announced the May 1 kickoff of its “Nature of Compassion” T-shirt design contest. The women's apparel retailer is inviting would-be artists to submit their own nature-inspired T-shirt designs…

The New Hampshire House is expected to pass a bill this week that would require that health insurers of businesses with fewer than 50 employees use a standard underwriting form and provide various disclosures so businesses can better compare rates.…

A matchmaking event linking New Hampshire companies involved in naval defense, port security and ocean technology with policymakers from New England and eastern Canada will be held May 11-13 i Rhode Island. The event, to be held in Newport, R.I.,…

A late improvement in sales has officials of specialty lifestyle retailer Brookstone looking toward the second quarter with optimism despite flat first-quarter numbers. Merrimack-based Brookstone Inc. officials reported net sales of $76.7 million for the first 13-week quarter of 2006.…