New Hampshire Business Review - April 8 2011

While there was a slowdown in the value of future construction contracts reported in two of three constrtuction sectors in New Hampshire, a third -- nonresidential -- continued to shine.According to figures from industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, there was…

St. Paul's School has refused to pay its construction company to fix what the company says are screw-ups by the school's architect that resulted in moisture damage to the school's new gym, according to a lawsuit filed last week in…

The founders of a Web development company, a Web management firm and a precision laser manufacturing business have been selected as finalists for the New Hampshire High Technology Council's 23rd Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.The awards will be taking…

Oklahoma City-based crafts chain Hobby Lobby will be opening a store in New Hampshire sometime later this year - its first store in New England.Hobby Lobby is planning to open a new store at 1525 S. Willow St. in Manchester…

Joe Carelli, executive vice president of commercial banking at Citizens Bank, has been named president of the bank's New Hampshire and Vermont operations, succeeding Cathy Schmidt, who is stepping down from the job after more than five years.The bank announced…

After drawing on federal Medicaid funds to balance budgets for the past two decades, the state is preparing to more than double its take from the program while adding to the losses hospitals incur from treating Medicaid patients and providing…

Newport-based New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, parent corporation of Lake Sunapee Bank, has announced a regular quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share, payable April 29 to shareholders of record on April 11.NHTB reported its 2010 full-year total deposits of $778…

The New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday killed any attempt to repeal the state's workforce housing bill, which into effect in 2010.The new law mandates that municipalities formulate some plan that would give a reasonable opportunity for developers to create affordable…

If there were any public opposition to loosening New Hampshire's WARN Act, it did not make itself known Tuesday in testimony before the House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee -- unless you count the Democrats on the committee.Senate Bill…

The nation's angel capitalists invested $20.1 billion in ventures in 2010 -- an increase of 14 percent over 2009, according to data released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.According to the center, a total…