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Community Bank and Trust pays dividend

Community Bank and Trust shareholders will be collecting some pretty hefty dividends. The Wolfeboro bank (traded under the symbol CBNH.OB) announced yesterday that it will be paying a quarterly dividend of 35 cents a share, bringing the total for this…

Conway hospital plans for major expansion

Memorial Hospital in Conway plans to ask the state Health Services Planning and Review Board to approve a $17 million expansion project, including a new 20-room medical-surgical wing and a five-bed observation unit for short-term stays. Hospital officials say the…

Ecora, eCopy, Bentley named to Fast 50

Three New Hampshire-based companies have been named to the 2005 list of the fastest-growing tech companies in New England. Compiled each year by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the New England Technology Fast…

HBRANH membership has many benefits

As one of the largest trade organizations in the state, the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of New Hampshire’s (HBRANH) primary function is to protect its members’ interest at the various levels of local, state and, through its affiliation with…

SEC launches inquiry into Pax World Funds

Portsmouth-based Pax World Funds — the nation’s largest and oldest socially responsible mutual fund is facing a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry about “internal control issues” so serious that they may affect the company’s ability to continue to manage its…

Franchising professor Udo Schlentrich

Franchising is a growing force in both the U.S. and global economies, but it has received relatively little attention from the academic world. The William Rosenberg International Center for Franchising at the University of New Hampshire is designed to change…