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Gov. John Lynch and a bipartisan group of 13 state senators have announced a compromise that they say will reform the controversial Senate Bill 110 insurance law. The governor at a press conference said the compromise will reverse the spike…

The state Bureau of Securities Regulation is seeking at least $17.5 million in penalties from American Express Company, alleging its American Express Financial Advisors unit illegally rewarded financial advisers who steered clients toward underperforming in-house mutual funds. The bureau said…

The New Hampshire Business Resource Center has joined with Independence Air in an unprecedented partnership aimed at stimulating business expansion in the state. The airline, which flies out of Manchester Airport, recently presented the center with 10 free airline ticket…

In the last couple of weeks, the temporal and immediate crises have taken a back seat to passages of more historic moment. Two significant state lawmakers and citizens have died. Their effect on New Hampshire and contributions to our state…

Efforts to place liquefied natural gas terminals along the East Coast have run into opposition, but that has not stopped companies from continuing to seek approval to build the facilities. LNG is expected to fill an anticipated U.S. shortfall by…

To the editor: On behalf of the Bow School to Career Partnership, our sincere appreciation is extended to the many business leaders who partnered with the Bow School District to offer Junior Achievement programs to our students. These business leaders…

In passing a bill last month to make it more cumbersome for independent voters to vote in a primary, the leadership of both political parties in the New Hampshire House of Representatives have declared that nearly 40 percent of New…

Amidst great bipartisan fanfare, the Lynch education funding plan was rolled out last month. Among the accolades that have been showered upon it are that it is a “new paradigm,” that it is a “permanent solution” to the Claremont case,…

The American Jobs Creation Act - signed into law last October by President Bush — imposes new restrictions on a wide range of compensation arrangements. The act adds a new Section 409A to the Internal Revenue Code that applies to…