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BrandPartners inks $4.7m more in contracts

Close on the heels of several multimillion-dollar deals penned just days earlier, BrandPartners Group of Rochester has signed several more lucrative contracts, bring the total number of new deals signed in May to $11 million. On Thursday, the integrated retail…

BIA to honor business leaders

The Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire will honor local business leaders at its annual Business Meeting and Member Reception May 24 at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. The BIA will present the “Above and Beyond” awards…

Ex-N.H. employee sues Dell

A former Dell Computer engineer living in New Hampshire last week filed a family leave and disability discrimination suit against his former employer in federal court in New Hampshire. William Schomburg of Atkinson said he was a senior systems engineer…

New England VC investment rises

The first quarter of 2006 was the best opening quarter in four years for New England businesses seeking venture capital, according to the recent MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Financial.…

Rules changing for gas-fired power plants

Lawmakers will make decisions this week and next that could deeply affect the natural gas-fired 720-megawatt Granite Ridge power plant in Londonderry and the 525-megawatt Newington Energy plant on the Seacoast, which uses the same fuel. A conference committee met…