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Two Portsmouth-based businesses have been awarded patents by the Patent and Trademark Office. Bottomline Technologies, maker of payment and invoice automation software and provider of financial security and efficiency processes, has received a patent for its payables automation technology, which…

A Salem-based company has succeeded in making biometric technology accessible at the consumer level. Tychi Systems Inc. has announced its first shipment of BioKnob, the first doorknob with fingerprint recognition available on the consumer market and the debut item of…

Safety award nominees sought The Safety & Health Council of Northern New England is accepting applications for the New Hampshire Workplace Safety Awards. For over 15 years, the council has honored many companies whose management and employees have demonstrated a…

State employees’ health insurance plans might be up for grabs again, thanks to a bill expected to pass the House this week. The state used to send its health-insurance business out to bid, but then passed a bill requiring the…

Following a national trend, the income gap between New Hampshire’s wealthiest and poorest residents has grown substantially over the past two decades, according to a report released by two Washington-based think tanks. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and…

StockerYale Inc. last week issued 900,000 stock options to two investors as part of a deal to extend the company’s credit, according to the Salem company’s filing with the SEC. The stock, which represents about 3 percent of the value…

Lawmakers heard several hours of emotional hearing testimony January 26 on a pair of House bills aimed at reversing the impact of a state Supreme Court decision that last summer affirmed the right of apartment tenants to stay put after…

The Timberland Company is trying to avoid getting bogged down in foreign courts in an international dispute with a former distributor in Latin America. The Stratham-based shoe and apparel manufacturer has gone into U.S. District Court in Concord to seek…

Borealis Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm, is joining forces with the Mount Washington Valley Economic Council, Fresh Tracks Capital and the New Hampshire Advantage Foundation to sponsor the latest version of “Peak Pitch,” the event that attempts…

Representatives of the business community and medical industry are lobbying for a bill to learn the forces behind rising health-care costs, along with insurance premiums. House Bill 1555 would set up a commission of lawmakers and key stakeholders to look…