New Hampshire Business Review - July-11 2014

May 1, 2014

NH Business Review Staff

Portsmouth eatery with a past looks to the future

Beth LaMontagne-Hall,

The Friendly Toast's two locations bring in about $5.5 million in combined annual sales

Cartoon for the Week of July 11, 2014

NH Business Review Staff,

New court ruling takes on the sabotaging co-worker

Jennifer Parent,

An employer can be held liable for discrimination when it fires an employee who has been maligned by a jilted co-worker intent on revenge

Baker’s legacy should be a guide for officeholders

Brad Cook,

His ability to forge compromises without sacrificing his principles appears to be in short supply today

The pros and cons of the Consumer Protection Act

Robert Miller,

Businesses can use it as a ‘sword’ and a ‘shield’

Q&A with Carsey School's Michael Ettlinger

Melissa Proulx,

Michael Ettlinger, founding director of the new Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH, aims to build it into ‘an outstanding school of public policy with highly regarded graduates as well as being a home for outstanding multidisciplinary research and a range of effective initiatives.’

The horror of unnecessary, easily avoidable wars

Burt Cohen,

Why do we keep sending good young Americans into the mechanized meat grinder?

A health care opportunity for New Hampshire

Sylvia Larsen,

Everyone wins under the new expanded Medicaid program

Senator pandered to lobbyists on early offer bill

Barney Brannen,

A sinister bait-and-switch undermined a bipartisan compromise

On campus, it’s sustainability vs. square feet

Mark Lennon,

If you really want to demonstrate sustainability, you start by building less

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