Last Word
I opened the registered letter and was shocked. My best clients were joining together in a class-action lawsuit against me. The letter stated that I had promulgated a false allusion of success by having them follow the 80-20 rule. The…
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Flotsam & Jetsam
Lying low It took two trials, 26 jurors, armies of lawyers, months of testimony, weeks of deliberation and countless witnesses for a decision to be reached on former Tyco International bigwigs Dennis “Livin’ Large” Kozlowski and Mark “I Know Nothing”…
What to do if your adult child ‘boomerangs’
You’ve worked hard with your team of financial consultants and advisers to build a nest egg that you and they expect to support your retirement lifestyle. But what happens when your 22-year-old college graduate comes back to you - “boomerangs”…
Hanover collective helps contemporary music bloom
How’s this for a business model? “We don’t really care whether something sells one copy or a thousand copies. It’s irrelevant to us, and not just in a philosophical way — we don’t make any money on anything anyway, so…
New bank in town: Berlin City, Pemi to become Northway Bank
The Berlin City Bank and the Pemigewasset National Bank will soon be things of the past - or at least their names will. Northway Financial Inc., parent company of both banks, has plans to consolidate the two institutions into a…
Griffin takes renewed heat over testimonials
The narrow vote to censure former House Speaker Gene Chandler for his fund-raising mistakes has put a spotlight on Executive Councilor Ruth Griffin, R-Portsmouth, who netted even more money from testimonials without punishment. Opponents of Representative Chandler, R-Bartlett, say he…
The home team: Lynch names 25 to shipyard panel
The Save the Shipyard Advisory Team — whose goal will be to help remove the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from the Defense Department base closure list - has been formed by Gov. John Lynch. “This is one more step — a…
Cook On Concord
Life is not simple. Good people sometimes do bad things. Bad things sometimes happen to good people. The issues of guilt, innocence, appropriate sanction and democracy can all get wrapped up in individual cases. All of these factors were evident…
N.H. customers get debt relief in telecom settlement
More than 1,000 small businesses across the country - including some in New Hampshire — have been released from some of their obligations to three leasing companies associated with a now-bankrupt telecomm provider. The settlement — potentially as much as…
Globe Manufacturing builds on a history of commitment
It took a man with a vision and $350 to begin a legacy that would connect a family, a community and an industry together for generations. That man was Courtland F.H. Freese I, the community is Pittsfield, N.H., and the…
