Citizens Financial Group reported a 4 percent increase in earnings for the first half of 2006. The Providence, R.I.-based company, parent of Citizens Bank, had net income for the six months of $1.45 billion -4 percent higher than earnings in…
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire and 18 other Blues affiliates will be participating in a nationwide launch of an information database providing health-care information to BCBS members. Blue Health Intelligence, or BHI, is designed to provide…
Jewell Towne Vineyards of South Hampton has earned 24 medals, including two golds, in recent national and regional wine competitions. The Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, held in April in Rochester, N.Y., honored the vineyard with a silver medal for…
The Software Association of New Hampshire has announced the opening of nominations for its annual information technology awards. In previous years, the organization, known as SwANH, has handed out the Rookie of the Year and the Most Valuable Player Awards,…
Reconstructing the highway amendment To the editor: I read your editorial in the July 21 New Hampshire Business Review (“The constitutional amendment we really need”) and thought about how such an amendment might be worded to attract as broad a…
As all political junkies now know, the Democratic National Committee has selected Nevada as the location for a nominating caucus to be held between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary in 2008. There has been a lot of…
Although globalization, measured by different indicators, increased in the second half of the 20th century, it really has taken off in the past 20 years, driven by worldwide deregulation policies, regional trading blocs and the new role in business activity…
Keeping councilor Nothing tells the story better than a recent Concord Monitor article on the - dare we say? - invulnerability of Executive Councilor Ray Burton in his (and we do mean HIS) North Country District 1. In a 1,000-word…
Stuart Arnett has been director of the Division of Economic Development in the state’s Department of Resources and Economic Development since 1999. Earlier this year, he resigned to join Gregory S. Franklin Associates, a Lebanon-based consulting firm doing economic analysis…
Second of two parts. Long-term care insurance is like no other company benefit, for many reasons. Employers today have great flexibility in how they might ultimately provide such coverage. For instance: • The insurance can be entirely employer-funded, entirely employee-funded,…
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.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
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
