New Hampshire Business Review - January 27 2012

A bill that would allow New Hampshire businesses and individuals to shop around the country for health insurance - a measure that barely squeaked through the Senate Commerce Committee - easily passed the full Senate Tuesday.But that is probably because…

The number of foreclosure deeds filed in New Hampshire spiked in December 2011, bringing the total number of foreclosures for the year to just below the record set in 2010.Some 3,863 foreclosures were recorded in New Hampshire in 2011, down…

After someone has an auto accident and receives a payment from his or her insurer to pay medical bills not covered by health insurance, who should get the check, the patient or the doctor?Currently, the check goes to the patient,…

All three state liquor commissioners, and one former commissioner, showed up at a packed three-plus-hour House Commerce Committee hearing to oppose a bill that would allow some 1,400 grocery stores in New Hampshire to sell liquor.Under House Bull 1251, grocery…

When it comes to New Hampshire bankruptcies, the first month of 2012 continued where 2011 left off, with another decrease in the number of filings compared to last year -- the 14th monthly decline in a row.Some 316 households and…

Earning reports released last week by New Hampshire-based public companies show that most had a pretty good quarter and year.NHBR previously reported that Unitil had its best year ever. This is how three more companies say they fared.GT Advanced TechnologiesOne…

The insurance subdivision of the House Commerce Committee appeared split Wednesday over whether to prohibit state employees from even considering setting up a state health exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act, even after a national expert from the Cato…

Unitil Corp.'s move into natural gas paid off big last year, the company reported.The Hampton-based firm said it had a net annual income of $16.3 million, or $1.50 per share -- the largest profit in company history.About $10 million of…

Isaacson Structural Steel Inc. has a "stalking horse" that it's hoped can lead it out of bankruptcy with most of the firm's production and construction jobs intact, according to Bill Gannon, attorney for the Berlin-based company.While Isaacson has talked to…

The confluence of an unstable economy, a tightly competitive legal market and an ongoing exodus of more than half its lawyers since 2010 all contributed to the decision to close down Wiggin & Nourie, one of New Hampshire's oldest law…