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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita rained on White Mountain Insurance’s third-quarter report, but despite an estimated $186 million in expected claims, the company appears to be on the way to making money this year. The winds and flooding resulted in a…

Citing decreasing enrollment and premiums, Cigna Corporation reported a loss of nearly $50 million in the third quarter of 2005 when compared to the same quarter last year. The Philadelphia-based insurer said net income fell to $259 million, or $2…

Plans by the towns of Littleton, Bethlehem and Lisbon to join forces and jointly build an industrial park continue to move forward. According to the Caledonian-Record newspaper of St. Johnsbury, Vt., officials from the three towns have signed off on…

Richard P. Lindsey resigned last week as the Salem-based StockerYale’s chief financial officer, to be replaced by Marianne Molleur, the company’s cooperate controller. Lindsey, a defendant in a class action lawsuit against the company, said he resigned to "to pursue…

Everybody has a pet peeve, but when a lawmaker has one it can become a bill. Rep. Rep Ralph Rosen, R-Laconia, would like to prohibit restaurants from including tipping in the price of a meal. The practice, which usually occurs…

Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies’ earnings drop due to an accounting change apparently did not please investors. The stock took a nosedive the morning after earnings were announced, declining at one point by as much as 20 percent. The Portsmouth provider of…

The state Division of Public Health Services will be holding a series of town hall meetings throughout the state to provide residents with information about avian influenza, also known as the "bird flu." John Stephen, commissioner of the Department of…

Enterasys Networks Inc. finally made money last quarter thanks to the Internal Revenue Service. Its share tock price also shot up on Monday, but the increase was due to a new 1-to-8 reverse stock split instituted by the firm. The…

Unitil Corp. showed a modest increase in net income for the third quarter that ended at the end of September. ---The company reported earnigns of $1.6 million, or an increase of $400,000 from the same time last year - but…

Community Bank and Trust increased its earnings and assets last quarter, but new loans and deposit have gone down. The Wolfeboro-based bank’s net earnings were $2.1 million for the third quarter of 2005, or 58 cents per diluted share, slightly…