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A new statewide residential building code, stricter regulation of junkyards and licensing of gas fitters were among the bills affecting businesses passed by last week by lawmakers. The statewide building code, back by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of…

Bedford-based Centrix Bank’s assets grew to more than $285 million at the end of its first quarter, which ended March 31 -- 29 percent more than it was at the first quarter of 2006. Net loans ($218.1 million) were up…

Cellular Specialties Incorporated of Manchester, a firm that designs, installs and manages in-building wireless networks, has been named to the Initiative for Competitive Inner Cities and Inc magazine’s “Inner City 100” list of fastest-growing companies in America’s inner-cities. CSI was…

Community Bank and Trust of Wolfeboro closed the first quarter ending March 31 with earnings lower than the same quarter the previous year. Net income for the first quarter of 2006 was $1.706 million, or 48 cents per share, down…

A patent infringement suit filed by a competitor against Nashua-based iCAD Incorporated has been settled through arbitration, the company announced. On April 18, 2005, R2 Technology Inc. of Grand Rapids, Mich., alleged that iCAD infringed on two of its patents…

Robert G. Schoenberger, Charles H. Tenney III and Dr. Sarah P. Voll have been re-elected to the board of directors of Unitil Corporation for three-year terms. Schoenberger is Unitil's chairman and chief executive officer. Tenney currently serves as director of…

A disappointing earnings guidance issued on Wednesday sent Bottomline Technologies stock tumbling. While the Portsmouth-based producer of automated payroll software and services anticipated profits of about 4 cents to 7 cents a share for the third quarter of 2006, the…

Mt. Washington Assurance Corp. has received approval from the New Hampshire Insurance Department to change the way it sets its auto insurance rates. In a statement released by the Concord-based insurer, its new methodology includes “advanced underwriting techniques to more…

Commercial real estate giant CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. today announced it has purchased 51 percent ownership in Russian real estate firm Noble Gibbons from Alfa Capital Partners’ investors and their shareholders. Noble Gibbons will now operate as CB Richard…

The American Electronics Association, a technology industry trade organization, has ranked New Hampshire first in the nation for tech job growth rate. In the report “Cyberstates 2006,” AeA’s annual survey of the U.S. technology industry, New Hampshire added a net…