New Hampshire Business Review - February 27 2009

Federal plan allocates $134m for state

CONCORD - A pending federal spending bill contains more than $134 million in New Hampshire earmarked projects that span from the northern White Mountain Forest to the Nashua river along the Massachusetts border. Locally, the legislation would spend money to…

Entrepreneur ‘boot camp’ readied for April

Stonyfield Farm Yogurt of Londonderry and the University of New Hampshire will present the 2009 Stonyfield Farm Entrepreneurship Institute, a “boot camp” for business startups, April 16-17 at the New England Center in Durham. Presented in partnership with UNH’s Carsey…

The risks of using open source software

The flurry of lawsuits in 2008 alleging infringement of open source software licenses underscores the importance of investigating a company’s use of open source software and addressing the risks of such use in investment or merger and acquisition documents. For…

Using the new international sales rules

If you sell products overseas, you’ve probably realized that the current economic downturn makes competition for buyers fiercer than ever. You’ll rapidly lose revenue and market share if you don’t cater to the expectations of global customers. But beware —…

New federal law redefines ADA

Q. A new employee who recently started working as a teller trainee for our bank informed HR that she has a learning disability and has been having trouble keeping up with the training program. Do we need to accommodate her?…

Protecting your business from disaster

The December ice storm and subsequent widespread power outages were a wake-up call for businesses without disaster preparedness plans. As the energy grid failed, power surges and black outs played havoc with computers. Some computers were totally dead when the…