An unpopular restriction on a widely-used employee benefit - the flexible spending account — was recently relaxed by the Internal Revenue Service. Flexible spending accounts — or FSAs — allow employees to contribute pre-tax dollars from their pay to be…
A New Hampshire oil dealer labeled “a serial sexual harasser” will pay $780,000 to settle claims lodged by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC, filed suit against Fred J. Fuller, owner of Hudson-based Fred Fuller Oil Co. Inc.…
The state Department of Transportation won long-awaited federal approval last month to widen Interstate 93 between Salem and Manchester to four lanes each way - a project that may be open as soon as 2011. But there’s a huge catch:…
As Concord attorney Joshua Gordon describes it, Charles Teryek is trapped in a legal “Catch-22.” He has been in jail for nearly six months for “willful contempt” of Carroll County Superior Court orders to remove “junk” from his half-acre residence…
The name and purpose may remain the same but the face of one of New Hampshire’s most renowned resources for new and small businesses is changing as it embraces the evolution of commerce in the Granite State. Technology, younger retirees,…
Dover landlady Joyce Forsythe routinely runs credit checks on prospective tenants before agreeing to rent them her spare apartment. “Sometimes, applicants give you a friend’s name when they’re asked for their last landlord’s name,” Forsythe explained. “A credit check gives…
The announcement last month that Enterasys Networks would be closing its Rochester facility, putting its 300 employees out of work, quietly ends New Hampshire’s ties to what used to be Cabletron Systems, where as many as 7,000 people worked in…
When people of the Granite State hear the name “Humphrey” thoughts usually turn to politics. A Republican known for his conservative views, Gordon Humphrey served as a U.S. senator from New Hampshire for two terms. After failed gubernatorial bids in…
OK students, listen up! It is time for mid-term grades and a review of the class project, the 2005 legislative session. Both houses passed a budget that was in the billions of dollars and a compromise. Citing the fact that…
What do American Express, AT&T, Wal-Mart, NStar, General Motors and Stop & Shop have in common? They are among the hundreds of companies from all over the world that use products designed by Clearview Software International of Amherst, this month’s…
