Is White Mountain Insurance selling or is it buying? The insurance conglomerate - now based in New Jersey but with some executive offices in Hanover - announced on Wednesday that it is selling Sirius America to Lightyear Capital, a New…
The House voted 149-147 Wednesday to kill a bill urging Congress to foster stem cell research as a chance to cure dozens of diseases and wasting conditions. More than 100 lawmakers missed the close roll call, but supporters are asking…
Fisher Scientific announced late Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired two privately held companies -- Clintrak Pharmaceutical Services, a Long Island-based clinical trial label company and TC Tech, a provider of various bags and tubing used by pharmaceutical companies and…
Individuals thinking about buying a franchise now have a newly improved resource to aid in their pre-purchase research, thanks to Franchise Business Review’s launching of their redesigned Web site. “The new web platform not only looks better, but it will…
Manchester-based Choicelinx Corporation, a provider of Web-based health-care tools for the insurance industry and consumers, has been selected by Delta Health Systems to provide online enrollment and plan selection technology for its clients. The company’s Plan Selector and Enrollment Manager…
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire, as well as other East Region Wellpoint plans, have received an “excellent” accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance — the highest rating the committee offers. The NCQA accreditation process…
Riverstone Networks -- in the midst of closing a $207 million bankruptcy sale to Lucent Technologies - has asked that stockholders pay more than $2 million to continue a backup liability insurance policy during the transition. The $2.3 million “tail…
You won’t be able to dispose of your used video display terminal in a landfill after July 2007, if Governor Lynch signs House Bill 1455, which the Senate passed last week without debate. Each VDT contains about eight or more…
Verizon Communications has applied for a special use permit from the Forest Service to construct a fiberoptic cable link from Jackson to Gorham through Pinkham Notch. The federal OK is required because most of the planned 23-mile route falls within…
Salem-based StockerYale paid CEO Mark Blodgett a compensation package valued at nearly $485,000 last year, according to the company’s annual proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of last week. Blodgett’s $340,000 salary remains the…
