New Hampshire Business Review - February 10 2012

Berlin credit union in class action suit deal

Guardian Angel Credit Union, the Berlin-based lead plaintiff in a three-year-old class action suit against a larger Iowa bank, has reached a confidential settlement, according to recent filing in federal district court in Concord.The settlement came after U.S. District Court…

NHBR honored for general excellence

New Hampshire Business Review took first place for general excellence at the annual New England Newspaper and Press Association convention held over the weekend in Boston.The newspaper was honored in the Bi-weekly/Monthly category. It was the second time NHBR has…

Building in 2012: a look at the trends

Predictions, always difficult, are probably harder than ever these days. Nevertheless, there are a few trends in the building industry that seem to be persisting through the various economic twists and turns of the recent past.One of these trends is…

The case for targeted education aid

For more than 10 years, New Hampshire has been paying for an "adequate" education for primary and secondary public school students across the state. State spending on public education is in addition to what local communities raise and spend.State spending…

Strategies for economic growth in 2012

Over the past several years, our region and our nation have faced great economic challenges. We are fortunate in New England to have weathered this period with less collateral damage than other parts of the country.Our overall regional unemployment rate…

N.H. must reject health exchanges

The New Hampshire House will take up legislation soon that would prohibit a state health insurance exchange and force Washington to repeal, replace or amend Obamacare.A health insurance exchange is a bureaucratic set of state-regulated and standardized health care plans…