New Hampshire Business Review - June 9 2006

Planet Fitness files new trademark suit

Planet Fitness filed a federal suit last week accusing Platinum Fitness in Augusta, Maine, of stealing its name and colors. The Dover-based fitness franchise chain says in its suit that Jill Harrison inquired about starting a franchise sometime in 2005,…

UNH prof calls for angel investor tax credit

Federal legislation that would provide a tax credit to angel investors could substantially help entrepreneurs secure much-needed seed capital for their ventures and stimulate growth in moving ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace, according to University of New Hampshire…

Pharmacists’ association, college team up

The New Hampshire Pharmacists’ Association has announced a partnership with the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on continuing education programs. The college has a satellite campus on Elm Street in Manchester. “This is a natural fit that will…

DesktopStandard products honored

Readers of the Info Security Products Guide have voted to give two of Portsmouth-based DesktopStandard Corporation excellence awards. DesktopStandard’s PolicyMaker Application Security was awarded the Global Excellence in Management of Least Privilege Customer Trust 2006. The Global Excellence in Group…

After the flood

It will certainly take years and cost many millions of dollars for businesses in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine that have been damaged by the flood of 2006 to recover. Many of those business are turning to their insurers to…

State rep taps China’s bounty

Ten years ago, state Rep. Fran Wendelboe, the staunch conservative deputy House majority leader from New Hampton “wouldn’t have dreamed of doing business in China.” Even now, as a “pro-life person,” China’s encouragement of abortion and its one-child policy, “absolutely…