Butch Hobson, both a former player and manager with the Boston Red Sox, is adapting to some changes at Nashua’s Holman Stadium in his eighth year of managing professional baseball’s Nashua Pride. For one thing, the team has switched leagues,…
Spokesmen for two competing energy projects have announced plans to construct or buy wood-fired power plants in the North Country. New Energy Capital Corp. and Tamarack Energy are gearing up a partnership behind a plant or plants that would burn…
Pay me now, pay me later The Attica penitentiary’s favorite former CEO finally got his real just desserts: He’s being made to pay a tax bill. Dennis Kozlowski, the disgraced former CEO of Tyco International, has agreed to cough up…
“Mistakes? Mistakes are nothing!” So bellows Ludwig Von Beethoven to a dispassionate student in the film “Immortal Beloved.” His eruption wasn’t an apology for sloppiness or carelessness or lack of preparation. Such laziness was unforgivable to Beethoven. Rather, it was…
E-mail, instant messaging, Internet access and sharing electronic files are critical to operating a modern business. However, time-wasting or “cyber-slacking” — such as accessing inappropriate Web sites, participating in online auctions or sending personal e-mail — also can hinder business…
One of five Plymouth State teams to qualify for the world finals of the Best Strategy Invitational tournament, a semester-long online competition, was named grand champion of the simulated Industry 15 and inducted into the Business Strategy Game Hall of…
Fixed-rate commercial loans lock the interest rate for the loan term at a spread, or margin, over an underlying index, such as U.S. Treasury bonds or Federal Home Loan Bank rates. The majority of fixed-rate commercial loans being originated today…
As a venture capitalist, I meet a lot of entrepreneurs who introduce their company and opportunity to me with hopes of raising capital. All tell me of their strong growth plans, catalyzed by a single round of financing that will…
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.…
For Top Shelf’s most recent tasting, 30 people gathered at the Hanover Street Chophouse in Manchester, Chuck Rolecek’s newest culinary endeavor, known for its rich masculine décor and steaks as big as your head. We couldn’t have had a more…
