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…
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…
Charlie Bass is taking serious heat from social conservatives for his leading role in the House vote to relax federal restrictions on stem cell research using new embryonic cell lines. But there’s not a peep about the tens of thousands…
Editor’s note: In business, do you second-guess yourself, wishing you had said or done something in a better way? Event organizer and author Mary Lou Wilson’s column, “Ask Mary Lou,” is designed for business professionals who are looking for guidance…
Considering its more than 200-year history, the New Hampshire House of Representatives has suffered through a surprisingly small number of low points. That is exactly why calling the utterly incomprehensible handling of the Legislative Ethics Committee’s recommendation to expel Gene…
How can we be prosperous without being destructive? It’s time for us to take off our ideological blinders and address this simple, yet crucial question for the 21st century. I think there are answers. Economic growth can mean ecological improvement,…
David Carney’s arguments in favor of CAFTA, the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (May 27-June 9, New Hampshire Business Review), bear a striking resemblance to the ones made on behalf of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the…
Q. In a previous article, you described the areas of a business plan that get the greatest scrutiny from potential investors or lenders. I’ve heard that most plans don’t even get looked at by their target readers. Is that true?…
The face of New Hampshire has changed dramatically in the last decade, with the state’s minority populations doubling in size - from 30,000 to more than 60,000 - between 1990 and 2000. To meet that changing demographic, the state’s federally…
Thirteen Manchester area communities are joining together in what’s believed to be a first-of-its-kind effort to market the region to businesses. A joint effort of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the state Department of Resources and Economic Development,…
