As news of the spread of the avian flu grows, a global virus affecting more than a quarter of the world’s population is an unpalatable, but increasingly likely, prospect. The impact on human life could be catastrophic, but the potential…
Editor’s note: The following is a year-end survey of the commercial and industrial real estate markets, written by three brokers from CB Richard Ellis-New England. For the overview, they tracked both the office and industrial sectors of the commercial real…
Mark S. Lore, president of Ride-Away Handicap Equipment Corp., leads the list of New Hampshirites honored by the U.S. Small Business Administration as part of its Small Business Week 2006 awards program. Lore - whose firm is the East Coast’s…
As the process of real estate development — from due diligence to permitting to financing — becomes ever more capital- and time-intensive, developers are increasingly turning to the establishment of real estate funds as an important tool for pooling capital,…
Earth Day will be celebrated on Saturday, April 22, providing the perfect opportunity to take a break from hectic daily life and enjoy the special benefits of springtime in New England. It’s also a time to contemplate the role we…
Ten of the state’s largest gasoline distributors will start using biodegradable ethanol by the end of May to boost octane in place of petroleum-based MTBE. State officials say owners of cars made in the last decade should see no change…
The $207 million sale of the bankrupt Riverstone Networks to Lucent Technologies could not come soon enough for shareholders, many of whom are from New Hampshire and have been holding on to the stock since the company was spun by…
Richard Hart, the former general manager of Lakes Region Greyhound Park in Belmont, pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal gambling April 6 in New York City. His former assistant, Jonathan Broome, was sentenced the same day to a year’s…
Ruth Tuttle, principal of Broad Street Elementary School in Nashua, sometimes refers to her workplace as a “germ factory.” “More stuff gets passed to adults,” Tuttle said, making reference to the sneezes, coughs and unwashed small hands that frequently transmit…
New Hampshire’s foreign sales are off to a slower start in 2006. But while exports of goods edged down in January, they held up well, lingering at high levels attained at the end of last year. Overseas sales of goods…
