New Hampshire Business Review - Dec. 05, 2025

December 5, 2025

Cheila Magallanes

Cook on Concord: Thanksgiving reflections on 2025

Brad Cook,

Looking back on the shutdown, statesmanship and other meaty matters

Overcoming differences

Doug Teschner,

Pondering graceful aging amid a life setback

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$450M plan aims to supercharge heat pump use

Sarah Shemkus - Canary Media,

New England winters can get wicked cold. Last week, five of the region’s states launched a $450 million effort to warm more of the homes in the often-frigid region with energy-efficient, low-emission heat pumps instead of burning fossil fuels.

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Ron Bourque,

How about a little something extra for your customers?

Tannenbaum Times

Brion OConnor,

Real vs. fake: New Hampshire’s ongoing Christmas Tree debate

The Bottom Line: Microwave Techniques, Needham Bank and Provident Bancorp Merger, Connection

Amanda Andrews,

A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide

The Pulse: New England economy grew at ‘sluggish pace’

Mark Hayward,

Federal Reserve report shows cautious optimism about the future

Take 5: Consumers, Mobility Report, and Resume.org survey

Amanda Andrews,

NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics

What the latest data reveals about NH’s shifting economy and demographics

Jessica Williams/NH Fiscal Policy Institute,

New Hampshire’s story is often told through familiar but false assumptions: retirees driving population change, Massachusetts buyers pushing up home prices, and a uniquely low-tax landscape keeping the state affordable.

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NH Business Finance Authority approves world’s first bitcoin-backed municipal bond

Contributed to NH Business Review,

The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA) board of directors has approved a financing structure that will make New Hampshire the first state in the world to issue a municipal bond backed by bitcoin.

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Presidential Mountain Resort files for bankruptcy

A decade after buying the property to redevelop it into a new generation of vacation cabins, the owner of Presidential Mountain Resort LLC (PMR) in Bethlehem has filed for bankruptcy protection in New York’s federal court, claiming more than $13 million in liabilities owed.

Health care costs pinch Granite Staters, but not as hard as rest of country

Failure to restore ACA tax cuts will only make things worse, according to U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan

Preparation drives long-term business growth

One of the things I enjoy most about working with New Hampshire business owners is hearing what they’re building toward. Whether it’s growth, succession or greater stability, our conversations are almost always about the future.

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Ask the Experts: Is your wealth strategy keeping up with growth?

For many business owners, building wealth is closely tied to the success of the company. But as revenue grows and priorities shift, it can be difficult to know how much cash to keep available, how much to reinvest and when to begin planning for longer-term goals.