New Hampshire Business Review - January-24 2014

December 2, 2013

NH Business Review Staff

N.H. Senate panel votes to kill employer criticism bill

Bob Sanders,

Measure would bar companies from firing a worker for ‘egregious’ statements

N.H. House to take up a bevy of business-related bills

Bob Sanders,

Alcohol sales, premium cigars, keno, windmills on the agenda

N.H. High Tech Council seeks Entrepreneur of the Year nominees

NH Business Review Staff,

Past winners are ‘a Who’s Who of technology innovators’ in the Granite State

Best practices for using payroll debit cards

Nicholas F. Casolaro,

They carry unintended consequences for both employers and employees

Expanding Medicaid: Better health for midlife adults

Dick Chevrefils,

Expansion would help nearly 14,000 Granite Staters aged 45 to 64 who have lost their jobs or are in jobs without health benefits

Why ethics training doesn’t work

Annabel Beerel,

We should be focusing on advancing learning, transformation and wisdom, not catching ‘bad’ people

State gaming panel did a thorough, balanced job

Richard Ames,

Our job was not to answer whether a casino would be ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ rather it was to figure out what rules would best serve the state

2014 Legislature: déjà vu all over again

Brad Cook,

Once again, there are repeating themes, repeat bills and a relative dearth of new subjects

What to do when your personal life affects your job

Paul S. Boynton,

When we’re in the middle of a crisis, we tend to think everyone is thinking about us and our problems. Fortunately this is almost never true

Navigating the complexities of valuing a business

Bill Conrad,

Choosing the wrong approach could dramatically impact your company

More news from NHBR:

Envision Technologies creates stay, work, play in one Londonderry site

The 110-acre Village at Technology Park off Harvey Road in north Londonderry will include space for industrial, residential, childcare and retail.

Overcoming skepticism, putting AI to work

At Blueline Advisors in Exeter, chief investment officer Frank Sabin is embracing AI, with the help of the students, to better serve his clients, who have entrusted about $250 million in assets in his care.

Federal and state housing legislation wrestle with affordability crisis

As Granite Staters eye ever-increasing purchase prices for a single-family home, state and federal policy makers wrestle with solutions that create more housing supply. Among them is bipartisan federal legislation on housing that is being held hostage by President Donald Trump’s fixation on a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship with such documents as U.S. passports or birth certificates.

Wooden Hammer Judge Against The Background Of Dollars

Manchester and Nashua: Best bang for the buck in NH

Two New Hampshire cities are among the 10 best-run cities in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis of U.S. communities where residents get the most bang for their taxes. Manchester was rated No. 3, while Nashua was close behind at No. 5., based on a “Quality of Services” score that WalletHub developed using 36 metrics across six key service areas — financial stability, education, health, safety, economy and infrastructure/pollution.