New Hampshire Business Review - July 15 2011

Can state paperwork be simplified for small businesses? Rep. George Lambert thinks it can, but he doesn't know how to go about it yet.Lambert, R-Litchfield, plans to file a bill that would require different agencies in the Department of Labor,…

Public Service of New Hampshire cannot impose a surcharge on the large customers dropping its services for lower-priced competitors, but it can charge them extra if they want to come back, the Public Utilities Commission concluded in an order issued…

Isaacson Structural Steel will be able to continue operating until the end of September, thanks to a bridge loan and an order issued Monday by the bankruptcy court.The bridge loan may lead to new financing, and unless it does, the…

The total value of future construction contracts reported in New Hampshire for June 2011 increased to $221.3 million, up 9 percent from the $203.6 million reported a year earlier.According to statistics from the industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, a 61…

There was yet another year-over-over decline in home sales and prices in June -- the last decline that can be blamed on the sales peak fueled by last year's stimulus tax break, according to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.Home…

If Congress does not raise the debt ceiling by the Aug. 2 deadline, it could trigger another global financial crisis and the country could experience a double-dip recession, U.S. Sen. Shaheen said Thursday in a conference call with the press.If…

Second-quarter net income was up 50 percent at Manchester-based Hampshire First Bank, the bank reported Friday.The bank earned $430,000, or 15 cents a share, for the quarter ending June 30, compared to $266,000, or 10 cents per share a year…

J. Bonnie Newman, whose long, impressive resume includes a stint as interim president of the University of New Hampshire, has been picked to serve as interim chancellor of the Community College System of New Hampshire, succeeding Richard Gustafson, who retires…

Timberland Company executives could receive nearly $70 million in change-of-control benefits as a result of the Stratham-based footwear and apparel firm's expected $2.3 billion acquisition by VF Enterprises Inc., according to a disclosure proxy filed earlier this week by Timberland.CEO…

Business customers in Public Service of New Hampshire's service area continue to choose to buy their power elsewhere, according to the latest figures released last week.The percentage of power sold by PSNH competitors to the companies in the utility's service…