In April I attended the spring meeting of the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE). Much of the conversation focused on interest rates, energy costs and inflation as well as the graying of the U.S. population and other changing demographics. It…
Q. I am an owner of a small manufacturing business, currently renting a building and want to acquire a new building. Is the SBA 504 program a good financing match for me? A. In general, the U.S. Small Business Administration…
Here’s the real scoop on ice cream guru Ben Cohen’s visit earlier this month to New Hampshire, during which he launched the Priorities NH project with a group of like-minded businesspeople. It’s American Pie, the newest Ben and Jerry’s ice…
Wallace Stickney, the combative former state Transportation Commissioner who battled for years with the federal Environmental Protection Agency over wetland requirements, is not a man who will easily change sides in a battle. But he recalls doing something like that…
Now that the weather has finally begun to warm up and dry out, it’s time to grab a towel and a cozy spot on the beach and get yourself a good - or, at least, delightfully trashy — book to…
A decade ago, the Internet was just taking off and e-mail was just beginning to fill electronic mailboxes. Taking advantage of this new medium of communication, the Manchester-based law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green developed NHLABORNET, an e-mail-based…
It may come as a surprise to many people, but an airline pilot’s attention to detail and grace under pressure are the same qualities a good bus driver must have. And that’s exactly what Eric Robinson says he is bringing…
The state Bureau of Securities Regulation is charging ING Life Insurance and Annuity with fraud and is threatening to revoke the company’s broker’s license. The bureau on June 8 accused ING — the company that handles $180 million in New…
Question 1: What would happen to the New Hampshire economy when the housing market bubble deflates, interest rates start climbing and the price of fuel tops $3 a gallon? Question 2: Won’t the economy collapse? Answers: 1. Nothing. 2. No.…
Nicholas Koloski has worked in a lumber yard, dabbled with the idea of becoming an electrician and is a certified volunteer firefighter with the Ascutney, Vt., Fire Department. He’s co-owned and sold a private security company and a towing company,…
