New Hampshire Business Review January 13 2012

Preparing for, and accepting, the changing workplace

Bill Ryan,

I couldn't help but notice a subtle jab directed at LinkedIn, the social media website dedicated to professionals, and the not-so-subtle poke at social media in general by one of this paper's frequent and most cogent contributing writers ("Are you…

N.H. industry sees hope in extended lumber deal

NH Business Review Staff,

The United States and Canada have announced a two-year extension of the Softwood Lumber Agreement, which those in New Hampshire's lumber industry say is good news."Most everybody that I know that's producing softwood lumber right now would think it's positive,"…

Senate bills target jobless benefits rules

NH Business Review Staff,

Should municipalities and nonprofits be required to reimburse the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security after a longtime employee quits and gets a job somewhere else, only to be shortly laid off?That's the question raised by Senate Bill 257, and…

Senate bill seeks to ban drinking games at bars

NH Business Review Staff,

Should the state expressly ban games and contests involving alcohol at bars -- games like beer pong? Or does a law like that run the risk of targeting people simply for betting a beer over a game of darts?Senate Bill…

North Country firm makes offer for some of Isaacson Steel

NH Business Review Staff,

Isaacson Steel Inc. wants to sell off some of its warehouse business for $225,000, but the fate of the larger bankrupt company - Berlin-based Isaacson Structural Steel Inc. -- is still up in the air, according to recent bankruptcy court…

ProPhotonix says it expects a better 2011

NH Business Review Staff,

ProPhotonix Ltd. says it expects to report about $17 million in revenue for 2011, an increase over the $15.2 million it reported the previous year.In an earnings preview released last week, the Salem-based company said the gain came despite a…

Stay Work Play seeks businesses' support

NH Business Review Staff,

Stay Work Play -- the organization whose goal it is to encourage 20-to-30-year-olds to pursue their careers in New Hampshire -- is looking for small and large businesses and other organizations around the state that share its focus on retaining…

Senate deadlocks over workers' comp change

NH Business Review Staff,

A deadlocked New Hampshire Senate did not approve a bill Tuesday that would eliminate a workers' compensation fund for the disabled, despite the recommendation of its commerce committee to do so.The fund involved is known as the "second injury" fund,…

Two sides battle over proposed health exchange ban

NH Business Review Staff,

On one side are businesses, insurance companies, health care providers and the state Insurance Department. On the other are House leadership, conservative senators and a think tank. All of them mingled in a crowded House Commerce Committee meeting to testify…

House bill seeks to exempt N.H. food from federal safety rules

NH Business Review Staff,

A bill that would exempt foods produced and sold in New Hampshire from federal food safety regulations is running into opposition from some of the very groups the bill says it would help.A hearing on House Bill 1650 is scheduled…