New Hampshire Business Review - February-21 2014

January 29, 2014

NH Business Review Staff

Now isn't the time to increase the fuel tax

Teri Hardwick,

Hiking the tax less than one year into a two-year budget is wrong

Stalled energy projects cost New Hampshire

David Atkinson,

Efforts to build up our manufacturing sector will be made more difficult unless high costs are addressed

Income inequality, by the numbers

Arnie Arnesen,

If CEOs and MBAs are worth so much more in 2014 than in the 1970s, then logic follows that the little worker bees that got them there are worth a few more bucks too

How St. A’s set a model for intentional inclusiveness

Loretta L.C. Brady, Ratinoff,

With its first lay president, and now its first female trustee chair, the college bears the fruits of inclusion

The nonprofit board model shouldn’t endure – yet it does

Mary Ellen Jackson,

Organizations today need boards that provide critical thinking, create a learning culture and serve as dynamic ambassadors

ESOPs: a tax-efficient way to reward employees and provide liquidity for shareholders

Steve Burke, Beth Fowler, John Bentas,

ESOPs are a path to personal and business security that deserve your serious consideration

Examining the race to fill Ray Burton’s seat

Brad Cook,

Special Executive Council election will have ramifications for the entire state

6 things 2013 should have taught us about the financial markets, but didn’t

Thomas Brueckner,

It’s buyer beware, as the bull market turns 5

Payroll cards can’t gain traction in N.H.

Bob Sanders,

Effort to tighten regulation wins overwhelming endorsement of House panel

Setting the stage for 2014 regional energy policy

Jim Monahan,

Right now, it looks like a battle between gas and hydro

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