New Hampshire Business Review - June 9 2006

The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering 30 potentially responsible parties to begin cleaning up the Beede Waste Oil Superfund site in Plaistow - a cleanup that an EPA official said is due after waiting a “sufficient time” for the parties…

A Keene-based firm has launched a Web site it says is designed specifically for Baby Boomers. UrbanBoomer Inc.’s UrbanBoomer.com, offers members of the 40-and-up crowd their own online magazine and a fully integrated Internet community, providing them the opportunity to…

Cigna HealthCare has signed an agreement to purchase Arizona-based Star HRG, a provider of basic, low-cost health plans for hourly and part-time workers and their families. Star HRG, a division of Texas-based HealthMarkets Inc., has more than 1,000 corporate clients…

Not many people could characterize a $200 million mistake as having “stubbed our toe a bit.” But not many people are the legendary Jack Byrne, back less than a month in his former role as chairman of the White Mountains…

State officials say a new forecast for this year’s summer tourism season has plenty of good news for those in the industry. According to the forecast prepared for the Division of Travel and Tourism Development by the Institute for New…

After several months of negotiations, the New Hampshire Business Council has agreed to merge with the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire. Founded in 2001, the Business Council was launched in part out of frustration over BIA's perceived under-representation…

“Getting Down to Business: Graduate Business Education Options In and Around Manchester” is the title of a coming workshop presented by the Manchester Young Professionals Network. The event, sponsored by Northwest Mutual Financial Network, will be held from 5:30 to…

Lonza Biologics will hold a job fair June 27 in an effort to find workers for its facility at the Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth. The firm says it has diverse positions, from entry-level to skilled in high-tech biomanufacturing and…

The Business & Industry Association has finished five of 15 scheduled listening forums this month, a series designed to muster ideas and support for the organization’s legislative agenda for the 2007 session. Some 50 corporate leaders turned out June 15…

If you earned about $18 an hour or the salaried equivalent you’re not alone, according to the newly released New Hampshire Occupational Employment and Wages report. Based on May 2005 data, the Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau of the…