New Hampshire Business Review - August 28 2009
Good for the goose, good for the gander?
To the editor: The liberal progressive Democrats tell us they want health-care coverage for all Americans. They have run three bills through the U.S. House committees and one through the Senate committees. In the Senate, amendments have been proposed that…
N.H. needs its own academic standards
To the editor: The 10th Amendment of the Constitution states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The federal…
Is collaboration key to survival of arts groups?
Through 34 years and more than 9,000 productions, the Prescott Park Arts Festival in Portsmouth has survived and thrived as a local summer institution, drawing audiences totaling more than 3 million on a donations-only basis. But like many arts and…
The power of word of mouth
Relationship-building and networking — integral components of strategic public relations and marketing efforts — are effective, affordable ways to build a “buzz.” It has always been important to build positive word-of-mouth PR about a company and its products and services,…
Supreme Court ruling permits states to enforce consumer protection laws against national banks
In a departure from previous rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Cuomo v. Clearing House Association that individual states may sue national banks to enforce state consumer protection laws. The ruling, which rejected the position of the Office…
Getting to know Ukraine
Franklin Pierce University, which recently hosted a Summer Institute for Ukrainian students enrolled in the MBA program, has a partnership with Ukraine’s Luhansk National University that allows professors and scholars from both universities to collaborate and deliver a customized MBA…
The Shriver-N.H. connection
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and wife of former vice presidential candidate R. Sargent Shriver, died the second week of August at the age of 88. Founder of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and its…
Q&A with: Former AG Phil McLaughlin
Phil McLaughlin is no stranger to the American justice system, public service and politics. After serving as a U.S. Navy lieutenant from 1967 to 1971, he graduated from Boston College Law School in 1974 and was admitted to the New…
