New Hampshire Business Review - January 20 2006

Following a national trend, the income gap between New Hampshire’s wealthiest and poorest residents has grown substantially over the past two decades, according to a report released by two Washington-based think tanks. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and…

StockerYale Inc. last week issued 900,000 stock options to two investors as part of a deal to extend the company’s credit, according to the Salem company’s filing with the SEC. The stock, which represents about 3 percent of the value…

Lawmakers heard several hours of emotional hearing testimony January 26 on a pair of House bills aimed at reversing the impact of a state Supreme Court decision that last summer affirmed the right of apartment tenants to stay put after…

The Timberland Company is trying to avoid getting bogged down in foreign courts in an international dispute with a former distributor in Latin America. The Stratham-based shoe and apparel manufacturer has gone into U.S. District Court in Concord to seek…

Borealis Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm, is joining forces with the Mount Washington Valley Economic Council, Fresh Tracks Capital and the New Hampshire Advantage Foundation to sponsor the latest version of “Peak Pitch,” the event that attempts…

Representatives of the business community and medical industry are lobbying for a bill to learn the forces behind rising health-care costs, along with insurance premiums. House Bill 1555 would set up a commission of lawmakers and key stakeholders to look…

That hip young man delivering office supplies to his co-workers to old Spinners tunes just might have to take his rubber bands and Post-It notes elsewhere. OfficeMax has announced that it will close three stores in southern New Hampshire. The…

Jane E. Berwick, a member of the Capital Center for the Arts’ founding board of trustees, has been named interim executive director of the Concord facility, filling the position left vacant when M.T. Mennino died late last year of heart…

A New Hampshire House committee heard testimony Tuesday on two bills that would dramatically shift the balance of power among landowners, developers and town planning and zoning officials. House Bill 1508 would grandfather a building project under existing town rules…

Presstek’s move to buy AB Dick and push its digital printing equipment into smaller shops has apparently paid off, according to preliminary fourth-quarter figures. The Hudson-based company took in $68 million in the last quarter of 2005, a 27 percent…