Teresa Rhodes Rosenberger, director of government affairs for the Manchester-based law firm of Devine Millimet & Branch, has been named FairPoint Communications’ New Hampshire state president. In her new job, Rosenberger, whose appointment as FairPoint’s president was announced Monday, will…
To the editor:New Hampshire legislators’ efforts to further limit access to short-term payday loans are an example of this country’s glaring problem with economic illiteracy (“N.H. lawmakers stall loan cap expansion, electric bill subsidy,” Jan. 6 NHBR.com).Short-term “payday” lenders have…
To the editor:As manager of the New Hampshire Music Festival 35 years ago, I lived, breathed, played and worked for the cause with such proud identity that even my license plate read, “NHMF.” The community of musicians, board and audience…
New Hampshire staffing agencies are seeing a rise in the number of requests they’ve been receiving from businesses – a sign that employers are slowly making their way back toward hiring workers.According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of…
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the temporary help services sector added 47,000 jobs nationally in December. And since July, employment in the sector has increased by 166,000.According to data released by the New Hampshire…
The disastrous earthquake in Haiti reportedly left up to 200,000 people dead and millions homeless or injured. Such a tragedy serves to remind us all how lucky we are, notwithstanding the minor inconveniences of everyday life and the economic issues…
The United States is the world’s leading maritime power but has tied its hands in the ability to act the part. Having the longest coastline and largest exclusive economic zone in the world, with jurisdiction over fisheries and mineral resources,…
Small businesses in New Hampshire are the economic backbone of our state, creating 65 percent of all new jobs. Now, Governor Lynch and the Democratic leadership in the Legislature inexplicably want to impose newly passed taxes on these entrepreneurs at…
Under New Hampshire’s current use law, owners of qualifying land receive property tax reductions if they agree to maintain their land in an undeveloped condition, but proposed new assessments of some timberlands are causing alarm among individuals and businesses in…
Q.Clean Green Energy Systems LLC, a development-stage company in the greater Salem area, is looking for ways to commercialize its break-through understanding of photosynthesis in seaweed and how that process can be used to produce low cost, low carbon energy…
