Letter to the Editor
To the editor: Investing in the stock market can pay a higher return, but it’s not a sure thing. That’s why people are willing to forgo the potential to score big in the stock market in return for knowing that…
New Hampshire Business Review - March 18 2005
Leave Sarbanes-Oxley alone
Judging by the words and deeds emerging from Washington you’d never know that several high-profile corporate fraud trials are once again in the public spotlight. The trials include that of Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO and chairman of WorldCom,who on…
Imprudent public policy can chill investment
A disquieting trend is developing this legislative session. A number of bills have been introduced, ostensibly to serve a broad public purpose, when in reality they are intended to circumvent existing legal procedures for economic development projects by imposing last-minute…
Investing in the ‘New Hampshire Advantage’
As New Hampshire continues to grow at record levels, we face many challenges in helping our economy keep pace. Now is the time to identify the tools that we can use to protect and maintain our economic growth — before…
Play ball!
As Manchester and the rest of the southern New Hampshire baseball world await the opening of the brand new $20 million home of the Eastern League champion New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the stadium still doesn’t have a corporate sponsor, nor…
Not that simple
Opponents of a proposed outlet mall in Merrimack are trying a new tactic - they hope to raise the bar for passage of a zoning amendment that would pave the way for the project. A group of residents who oppose…
Construction firms gain from new tax rules
Passed last October, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 contains many new tax rules that have an impact on nearly all taxpayers in one form or another, but one of its most significant provisions is a new business deduction…
Developer does his part to refurbish downtown
Ben Gamache has had one wife, four children and an indefinite number of loves in his life. Fortunately for his marriage, his other romances are in bricks and mortar. “I fell in love with the building,” the 46-year-old real estate…
Q&A: Chief Justice John Broderick
Low-key and soft-spoken, Chief Justice John Broderick has nonetheless attracted more than a little attention in his decade on the New Hampshire Supreme Court. A veteran lawyer, the prominent Queen City Democrat was appointed associate justice in 1995 by his…
Brass Tacks
Q. After a lot of failure and frustration, it has become clear to me that I have got to get to know my employees better if we are to be successful as a team. Any suggestions as to how to…
