The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office was asked in 2003 about freezing the assets of Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. -- more than six years before the Meredith firm went bankrupt.That bankruptcy could cost hundreds of investors millions of dollars in…
To the editor:I read with interest Tom Katsiantonis’ defense of the added tax on LLCs “Close loopholes, tax businesses fairly,” Jan. 15-29 NHBR).The assumption that because there is already one unfair business tax, that of double taxation on Subchapter S…
To the editor: In a letter from State Rep. Tom Katsiantonis in the Jan. 15 issue of NHBR (“Close loopholes, tax businesses fairly”), he states that “Republicans ... are ... screaming ... (about) this … new tax.”With regard to the…
After a decrease of 3.8 percent in October 2009, sales abroad by New Hampshire's exporting companies dropped another 6.7 percent in November – a $17.4 million drop that brought total exports to $240.4 million for the month.Exports were $42 million,…
A Hudson company awarded more than $2 million in federal stimulus tax credits will use the money to make parts for concentrator photovoltaic systems, a type of system that turns sunlight into electricity.Concentrator photovoltaic systems are made by Spire Semiconductor,…
It is funny sometimes how seemingly different and disconnected events can be tied together as themes in politics and life. Recently, Doris “Granny D” Haddock celebrated her 100th birthday and shortly thereafter was given a lavish birthday party in the…
As you can see elsewhere on these opinion pages, the surreptitious decision last June to impose the state’s 5 percent interest and dividends tax on distributions from limited liability companies has caused the kind of firestorm that keeps politicians up…
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office – currently conducting a review into how state agencies responded to the Ponzi scheme allegedly hatched by Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. of Meredith – itself received communications in 2003 from the New Hampshire Bureau…
At no time in the nation’s history has the Federal Reserve System, which was established by Congress in 1913, been so deeply involved in the economy. But before the Fed became so involved in both the national and regional economies…
Ronny Bean heard about Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. through his brother, who knew Donald Dodge, owner of CL&M Inc., the company that originated the Meredith firm’s mortgages. Dodge was from Gilford, where Bean lives.But even with that endorsement, Bean wanted…
