New Hampshire Business Review - February 10 2012

Registration is now open for the 2012 edition of the Stonyfield Entrepreneurial Institute, a two-day "boot camp" for entrepreneurs that will feature sessions on finance, branding and social media marketing.Presented by the Carsey Institute and the Whittemore School of Business…

Centrix Bank finished the year with a quarterly net income of $1.5 million, or 49 cents a diluted share -- 60 percent more than the same quarter the previous year -- the company announced last week.That brings the Bedford-based bank's…

Will employers be able to force their workers to accept their wages in the form of an electronic payment, or at the very least, a debit card?And will employers be able to switch to paying employees without getting permission from…

A small software company in Nashua is suing the largest optical lens manufacturer in the country, saying that the international giant ripped it off to the tune of $13.1 million.In a complaint filed Feb. 17 in U.S. District Court in…

It looks as if the New Hampshire Legislature won't repeal the law requiring that businesses file safety plans, although they might loosen the measure up a bit.The House Labor Committee recommended killing a repeal bill (House Bill 1661), but committee…

VF Corp.'s acquisition of Timberland last September paid off big in the fourth quarter, according to the North Carolina-based apparel company's earnings report.The Stratham-based footwear and apparel subsidiary provided some $549 million to VF's $2.9 billion revenue for the quarter,…

The first month of 2012 brought a mix of good and bad news for New Hampshire's housing market.That's according to RE/MAX of New England, which releases a regional housing report each month.According to the report, in January 2012, more housing…

With growing numbers of New Hampshire homes, businesses, schools and municipalities using wood pellets for heat, the state Office of Energy and Planning has added the price of pellets to the list of heating fuels whose price it tracks.The price…

In a surprise move, the New Hampshire House overruled a committee report and voted to allow towns to continue taxing telephone poles, rejecting the argument that the tax amounts to double taxation and that it's inequitable to boot."It's like the…

Standex International Corp. has decided to sell its Air Distribution Products Group, the Salem-based conglomerate announced Monday.The stand-alone division, which sells metal ducts for air conditioning in new and remodeled homes, has been profitable for Standex for nearly 35 years,…