New Hampshire Business Review - March-20 2015

March 2, 2015

NH Business Review Staff

Balsams study forecasts economic boom for Coos

Jeff Feingold,

But bid for state-backed $28m bond hits a snag

30 new downtown Laconia apartments under construction

NH Business Review Staff,

Chinburg converting 18,000-square-foot building

Survey says homeownership rate at 20-year low

NH Business Review Staff,

Harvard analysis finds 2014 rate lowest since 1994

N.H. firm may have solution for roof snow loads

NH Business Review Staff,

SnowSentry device could give building owners an early warning when heavy snow is making roofs unstable

Home prices rise in Manchester-Nashua

NH Business Review Staff,

Monthly, yearly increases reported

People and Property: Real Estate and Construction News Rundown

NH Business Review Staff,

Jackman reports six transactions, S.W. Cole opens new subsidiary in N.H. … and more

N.H. House committee votes against minimum wage hike, backs right-to-work

Bob Sanders,

Another panel keeps BPT tax cut alive

Five N.H. firms win job training grants

NH Business Review Staff,

Total of $27,514 in grants will help train 132 workers

White Mountains quarterly, annual net income fall

Bob Sanders,

But book value per share rises for year

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