New Hampshire Business Review - July 15 2011

July 15, 2011

Internet-based 'crowdfunding' draws the interest of startups

Kathleen Callahan,

With the rise of sites like Kickstarter, so-called "crowdfunding" has emerged in recent years as a new kind of fundraising model, one that hinges not on the support of just a few investors with big coffers, but small commitments from many

Four hospitals claim state owes them $40m

NH Business Review Staff,

Four of the state's largest hospitals have filed claims that the state owes them close to $40 million in back taxes. The amended tax returns are the first volley in a counterattack against the Legislature, which changed the rules of…

Site helps laid-off teachers find work

NH Business Review Staff,

Unemployed educators looking for a new job this summer have a one-stop shopping Web site to help them get back on their feet."Teachers in Transition" was created by the New Hampshire Office of Workforce Opportunity in response to the high…

Corporate sustainability program to be launched at UNH

NH Business Review Staff,

New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility and the University of New Hampshire are teaming up on a certificate program directed toward mid-level and senior professionals seeking to increase knowledge and functional skills in the practices and principles of corporate sustainability.The…

N.H. gets bonus job training grant

NH Business Review Staff,

New Hampshire has won a $675,314 competitive on-the-job training grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, tacked on to an initial $972,474 award the state received last month.U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said the state received the supplemental grant based on…

Two FRM victims settle with bankruptcy trustee

NH Business Review Staff,

Al and Susan McIlvene, the outspoken leaders of the group of victims of the Financial Resource Mortgages Inc. Ponzi scheme, have settled their own legal differences with the trustee to the bankruptcy estate, but they say they are still continuing…

Report: N.H. bleeds blue-collar jobs

NH Business Review Staff,

Over the last decade, New Hampshire lost a higher percentage of blue-collar jobs from its total workforce than any other state in the country, according to a report by an online business journal.New Hampshire's blue-collar workforce fell nearly 8 percent…

ARC, Gupta fight back against GT Solar claims

NH Business Review Staff,

Kedar Gupta, co-founder and former CEO of GT Solar International, charges in a countersuit filed last week in Nashua that he was told he faces being "hanged or crushed" in a nasty legal battle developing between his former firm and…

N.H.'s 'business friendly' image takes a hit

NH Business Review Staff,

The results are in: Virginia is the most business-friendly state in the union. New Hampshire is 17th.The rankings come from CNBC, based on criteria such as the cost of doing business, infrastructure, education, access to capital and quality of life,…

New Hampshire's new fiscal picture

NH Business Review Staff,

Through the months-long debate over the state budget, much attention focused on the size of the spending reduction from the last budget. And while the new budget does spend significantly less than the last one, focusing on the bottom-line obscures…

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