New Hampshire Business Review - June-14 2013

June 3, 2013

NH Business Review Staff

N.H. ski industry reports big gains last winter

Jeff Feingold,

More than 2.5 million skier visits were recorded on N.H. slopes in 2012-13

Startup Stories: Leonard LaPadula, Advanced Sports Logic

M.G. Guruge,

The Rochester-based startup, which designs and distributes fantasy football statistical analysis software, recently raised $150,000

Connecticut gun manufacturer may be eyeing move to New Hampshire

Bob Sanders,

The Granite State is one of the three finalists for the firearms plant

Mass. maritime company relocates to N.H.

Charlotte Sweet,

HALO Maritime Defense Systems employs 10 people and say it has plans to add more by the end of the year

Dyn to host web performance user conference in August

Sam Laves,

Keynote speakers include Dean Kamen and former Governor John Lynch

Lethargy continued for N.H. GDP in 2012

Kathleen Callahan,

N.H.’s real GDP grew 0.5 percent in 2012 -- 43rd in the nation

Only two N.H. schools ranked in top 300 of college ROI report

Charlotte Sweet,

List raises the question: Is college worth the investment?

Proposed U.S. budget cuts could add to SBDC pain in New Hampshire

Kathleen Callahan,

Sequestration has already cut NHSBDC’s funding by 8%

Judge backs ex-Insurance Department employee in unfair termination suit

Bob Sanders,

Ruling rejects state’s bid to dismiss a suit filed by the state’s former top health policy analyst

Amid losses, longtime ProPhotonix CEO Mark Blodgett steps down from post

Bob Sanders,

Blodgett led the company for nearly 25 years, though its heyday as StockerYale Inc. in the 1990s

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