New Hampshire Business Review - December-13 2013

December 2, 2013

NH Business Review Staff

Is the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) a flop?

Bob Sanders,

Confusion reigns when it comes to online health insurance marketplace, tax credit for small businesses

Q&A with Northeast Delta Dental CEO Tom Raffio

Michael McCord,

‘I heard Dave Cowens speak at a business conference, and it seemed that every point he made aligned with the points that were in our book drafts.’

Dental clinics serving uninsured struggle to fill seats

NH Business Review Staff,

A clinic in Manchester is at 50 percent capacity for hygiene visits; a Concord clinic is at 10 percent capacity

MinuteClinic opens first N.H. locations

NH Business Review Staff,

Collaboration with Dartmouth-Hitchcock to include medical directors, electronic record integration

Fix our infrastructure? The answer is funding

NH Business Review Staff,

To the editor: Your recent article about the drop-off in public-funded construction projects (“With reduced spending at all government levels, public sector construction stagnates,” Nov. 15-28 NHBR), confirms what we have been seeing at Eckman Construction, a firm that has…

Dear Santa: We really need your help

NH Business Review Staff,

Polarization of every policy issue to advance the agenda of a political party or ‘special interest’ has consistently produced dysfunction, disappointment and disgrace

Common Core is bad for business in NH

NH Business Review Staff,

While it’s good to want a well-educated populace, it’s very shortsighted for New Hampshire business folks to support Common Core.

Taking control of your company’s energy needs

Mike Nicoloro, Joan Fontaine,

Independent energy districts can help firms produce their own power

Online shopping at work during the holidays (naughty or nice?)

Jennifer Parent,

Shopping online can be more efficient for employees, but poses problems when it becomes a distraction at the office

Obamacare and how it affected my business

J. Mark Lennon,

When the Affordable Care Act hit, we just prayed it wouldn’t hit our company, but it did

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Manchester to end up on the Monopoly board

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(Opinion) Novus Public Affairs’ 30-year anniversary: Paul Young’s meaningful mark on NH

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.

(Opinion) A legacy of impact: the McCourts’ gift to Great Bay Community College students

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