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Portsmouth firm wins new biogas contract

Environmental Power Corporation and its subsidiary, Microgy, have contracted to construct and operate a second multi-digester biogas production and gas conditioning in Texas. The Portsmouth-based firm said the new facility, to be located at Mission Dairy near Hereford, Texas, is…

Rock of Ages reports modest 4Q gains

Rock of Ages Corporation reported being on slightly more solid ground for the fourth quarter compared to a year ago, but total year earnings continued to slip as the Concord-based granite quarrier and monument manufacturer chips away at losses it…

Enterasys sale made official

Enterasys Networks is no longer a public company. A group of private investors Wednesday afternoon completed the previously announced purchase of the firm for $13.92 a share, about an eighth of the stock’s value at the time of its spinoff…

Bentley gets Europe OKs

Bentley Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that its European subsidiaries have received a dozen approvals to market a number of generic drugs used to combat depression, cholesterol and enlarged prostate glands. The Exeter-based firm said its approval to market Citalopram, the generic…

Pfizer exec to speak at alma mater

The University of New Hampshire’s 2006 Iddles Lecture will feature an alumnus who leads Pfizer’s worldwide drug research efforts. John L. LaMattina, who earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from UNH in 1975, is now a senior vice president at Pfizer…

White Mountains declares dividend

White Mountains Insurance Group has declared a $2 quarterly dividend payable in cash on March 2 for holders of record as of March 13. In addition, the Bermuda-based company - whose U.S. headquarters is in Hanover - announced that Frank…

UNH, Dartmouth win NASA grants

The University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College have each received Geospace Science Program grants from NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Maximum grant value for UNH is $169,788, while Dartmouth’s is $399,512, according to NASA. Both were awarded in recognition of…

New chairman named at Ruger

James E. Service, a retired Navy vice admiral, has been named chairman of board of Sturm, Ruger & Company. Service, a member of the board since 1992, succeeds William Ruger Jr., who stepped down earlier this month as chief executive…