The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the 2006 Small Business Person of the Year. The chamber is looking for business owners whose companies have “staying power” as an established business, demonstrated expansion by adding employees, increased…
The House defeated two Senate bills Thursday that would have given businesses $19 million in tax breaks. A bill to offer $1 million in credits against the business profits tax for research and development costs failed in a 192-107 roll…
Landscape architects looks like they will now be a licensed profession, if a bill that passed the Senate Wednesday is signed by Governor John Lynch. The law grew out of some rocky soil. It was germinating for years, and was…
A federal judge gave state highway designers some good news last week in a lawsuit by the Conservation Law Foundation over the proposed widening of Interstate 93 between Salem and Manchester. U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro ruled the three…
A Portsmouth company specializing in technology solutions for the nonprofit sector has enter into partnerships with satellite communications providers to bring satellite services to emergency relief workers. Global Relief Technologies has teamed up with GeoEye Inc. of Dulles, Va., and…
The Timberland Company of Stratham reported Tuesday that its first-quarter profit fell 31 percent due to higher operating expenses and lower revenue. A weak second-quarter performance also is expected, according to company forecasts. Net income for the first quarter ended…
Retail real estate investment company CB Richard Ellis Group reported yesterday a 26 percent increase in first-quarter 2006 revenue. The quarter ended March 31 saw revenues of $680.1 million with diluted earnings per share of 48 cents. First-quarter 2005 brought…
White Mountains Insurance posted a first-quarter net income of nearly $96 million last week, despite ongoing losses of $36 million due to last year’s hurricanes. With income amounting to $8.89 per diluted share, the company declared a $2 dividend. While…
The good news is Cigna beat Wall Street expectations on its first-quarter profits. The bad news is those profits fell some 19 percent from the same quarter a year ago. For the quarter ended March 31, the health insurance giant…
Macy’s Department Stores at the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua and the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Mass., and the Filenes store at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, Mass., are among the seven Federated Department Stores retail real estate giant…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
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The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
