New Hampshire Business Review - February 16 2007
StockerYale reports earnings hike
Wall Street reacted warmly to StockerYale’s latest earnings report, even though it the Salem-based optics firm is still losing money. The firm’s stock price jumped by as much as a quarter Friday morning to a 52-week high of $1.81 a…
State Senate backs job training fund
The state Senate agreed last week to give the Department of Employment Security the funding it wants when it comes to job training and administration, but not without a little debate. The agency sought to double the amount it gets…
Cook On Concord: Were these the intended consequences of November’s vote?
In November, when the voters overwhelmingly picked Democratic officeholders in New Hampshire, ostensibly as a method to send President Bush a message on his presidency and the Iraq War, they may have unleashed forces that will have unintended consequences. While…
Trade group fired up over smoking ban
This legislative session, unlike last, the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association will lobby against a complete smoking ban in restaurants — but how its membership actually feels about the matter is anybody’s guess. The issue has not only divided…
Bill seeks trans fat ban in N.H.
Will New Hampshire follow New York City and several national restaurant chains in banning trans fat from restaurants? At a Feb. 6 hearing on their bill - House Bill 324 — Reps. Paul McEachern and Jim Splaine, both Portsmouth Democrats,…
