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EqualLogic Inc. of Nashua has been named to the 2006 “Red Herring 100 North America” list by Red Herring magazine. The list recognizes companies that play a leading role in the development of innovative technology for business. Management quality, strategy…

Community Bank and Trust shareholders have voted to install president Peter Alden as the new CEO, taking over the duties of Brad Gile, who will still serve as chairman of the board, the Wolfeboro-based bank announced. Alden joined the bank…

Lawmakers spent last week hammering out a deal on a bill to decide the fate of three North Country power plant projects, five existing wood-fired plants and the loggers who want to supply them with low-grade wood. A much-lobbied and…

Competitors of Public Service of New Hampshire are pleased that lawmakers seem to have blocked the regulated utility from building a plant in the North Country. Meredith Hatfield, a spokesman for Tamarack Energy, said House Bill 1690, if it passes…

Saraswati Maniram, a Hindu temple and school, filed for bankruptcy last week in order to thwart a foreclosure threat on its property, which spans 100 acres in Epping. The temple, which suffered a fire in January 2004, was attempting to…

The Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire is planning a series of 15 policy development roundtables to be held in June at sites around the state. The roundtables - featuring business and opinion leaders -- are an open forum…

The New Hampshire Division of Economic Development wants to hear from companies adversely affected by the recent flooding. “It’s vitally important to collect as much information as possible so that we can determine the extent of the damage and then…

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…

Every planning board does it or feels tempted to do it now and then: hold up a big subdivision project or box store, then kill it with a zoning amendment. A legislative conference committee took just two minutes May 16…

Dinah Haycock, a resident who claims she was snookered into taking an Ameriquest Mortgage Company loan that now has her facing foreclosure, has sued the company in federal court in a rare motion to rescind the mortgage. Haycock, who lives…