New Hampshire Business Review - August 4 2006

Lindt & Sprüngli, the Swiss-based premium chocolate giant, yesterday unveiled a $30 million plan to expand its Lindt USA headquarters and production facility in Stratham. Lindt USA has see 30 percent annual sales growth since 2002, the company said, and…

Twenty State Prison inmates are suing the state over the duration of their sentences, and there’s a chance they may win. The inmates claim that prosecutors illegally break single crimes into several charges involving consecutive sentences to worsen the punishment…

Creditors of the bankrupt shell of Foss Manufacturing asked a federal bankruptcy judge Monday to attach former CEO Stephen Foss’s New Hampshire bank accounts, arguing that his equity in his Rye home will not be enough to satisfy a judgment…

There will be no changes in operations at HealthSouth’s 10 New Hampshire health-care and rehabilitation centers, according to company officials, despite yesterday’s announcement that the firm is considering strategic alternatives to operating its outpatient facilities. According to company spokesperson Kristie…

Bentley Pharmaceuticals announced second-quarter earnings similar to those it turned in for the second quarter last year. The Exeter-based company said it earned $2.6 million, or 12 cents a diluted share, for the quarter -- about the same as the…

Nearly 80 hospitals on the East Coast, including New Hampshire, have signed up to participate in WellPoint’s hospital quality program. Quality Insights Hospital Program, or Q-HIP, was launched in 2003 in Virginia and was rolled out recently to the rest…

Businesses have been invited to take part in the Governor’s Commission on Disability’s Inclusive Regional Job Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, September 13, in Concord. The fair, designed to assist workers with disabilities to secure employment with local companies, will be…

The closing of Talbots’ Hingham call center in Massachusetts will have no affect on the J. Jill call and distribution center located in Tilton, despite the May merger between the two companies, according to Talbot officials. “The Tilton call center…

Newport-based Lake Sunapee Bank has announced plans to expand farther south in New Hampshire with a branch in Milford. Stephen Ensign, president and CEO of the bank, said Lake Sunapee will open its new full-service banking office at the corner…

Environmental Power Corporation reported a more than 10 percent decrease in total revenues for the three months ended June 30. Revenues decreased by 10.7 percent, or $1.6 million, to $13.3 million, from $14.9 million for the same time period in…