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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…

Renewed commitment to supporting its Code of Conduct, more effort toward energy conservation and a growing level of community involvement were among the highlights of The Timberland Company’s third corporate social responsibility report released yesterday by the firm. The report…

A firm run by Edward Theobald, the former chairman of the state Retirement Board, received free rent from a company that was conducting business before the board, according to documents on file with the state Retirement System. Theobald did not…

The president of the New Hampshire High Technology Council is expected to call for the formation of a private sector emergency preparedness advisory group as art of a planned briefing on emergency preparedness and homeland security, to be held Wednesday…

Once upon a time, all you had to do was breathe the phrase, Ban smoking in restaurants," and you would see fire coming from the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association. No longer. Smoking is already banned in most dining…