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The job of helping businesses in Cheshire and Sullivan counties open their doors following last week’s flooding will be done in phases, but members of the state Department of Resources and Economic Development will be there to make sure individual…

Siemens Energy and Automation has completed its acquisition of RVSI Acuity CiMatrix, a division of bankrupt Robotic Visions Systems of Nashua. In August Siemens submitted an offer for assets of the division and a binding asset purchase agreement was signed…

"Revitalizing the Telecommunications Industry: What It Means for New Hampshire," a breakfast forum focusing on the nation's telecommunications laws, will be co-hosted next month by the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire and the US Chamber of Commerce The…

Pennichuck Corporation might be locked in a war with the city of Nashua to hang on to its water system, but its stockholders are doing just fine. The company on Tuesday declared a quarterly dividend of 16.5 cents per share,…

Moody’s Investor Service has upgraded its rating of Hampton-based Fisher Scientific International Incorporated bonds to the highest possible rating. The Hampton-based laboratory equipment maker’s bonds will be rated "Ba1," up from "Ba2," thanks to the company’s improved operating performance. --…

A new report by two researchers at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics has determined the key factors that caused some high-tech areas, such as California’s Silicon Valley, to feel the economic pain more substantially…

A task force assembled by Gov. John Lynch's has recommended a series of regulatory changes that will tighten the state’s control over crematories. The Crematory Task Group, formed in February after the discovery of several violations at an unlicensed crematory…

Fountain Forestry of Pittsfield, a company that manages some 575,000 acres of forest throughout New England, New York and central and southern Appalachia, announced the purchase Monday of the software and consulting firm Applied GIS of Schenectady, N.Y. Applied GIS…

Littleton Chevrolet has entered a plea of nolo contendere to a violation alleging it engaged in a deceptive business practice arising out of the repair of a motor vehicle involved in an automobile collision. According to the state attorney general’s…

Health insurer Cigna has announced a partnership with retailer Kmart to offer Medicare prescription drug plans. Philadelphia-based Cigna Corp. will offer three Medicare Part D plans including a no-deductible plan and a generic drug plan. Plan participants will be able…