New Hampshire Business Review - March 3 2006

Tourism industry leaders and professionals from throughout New Hampshire will gather March 29 at Church Landing at Mill Falls in Meredith to pay tribute to Steve Barba, former managing partner of the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch. The…

Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter and Dartmouth College in Hanover are the latest schools to begin serving eggs produced under humane methods in Monroe, New Hampshire. Beginning this month, Phillips Exeter Academy will serve organic eggs from Pete & Gerry’s…

Ten of the state's largest gasoline distributors will start using biodegradable ethanol by the end of May to boost octane in place of petroleum-based MTBE. State officials say owners of cars made in the last decade should see no change…

State Department of Resources and Economic Development Commissioner Sean O’Kane has been honored for his efforts in New Hampshire’s globalization activities and his support and work on international commerce for and on behalf of the state and its businesses. At…

The state Department of Health and Human Services has renamed Dallas, Texas-based Affiliated Computer Services to manage the state’s child support payment services. ACS has been providing child support services to New Hampshire since 1998. “We have been extremely pleased…

Sturm, Ruger & Company has put off filing its annual report for 2005 because it says it needs to restate financial statements for the 2004 fiscal year. In a press release, the company said it would delay filing its report…

Riverstone Networks, in the midst of a bankruptcy sale to Lucent Technologies, wants to give out performance bonusesof $1 million and more to the company’s top executives, plus another $5 million in bonuses to key employees, according to filings made…

Pax World Funds, the Portsmouth-based father of socially responsible mutual funds, grew to more than $2 billion last year, a more than 30 percent increase, according to its annual report. Pax World Balanced Fund, the largest of the firm’s three…

The New Hampshire Business Resource Center, in coordination with its trade show partners, Public Service of New Hampshire and Martini Northern Construction Managers, will be attending the Bio2006 World Conference in Chicago next month as part of an effort to…

Ken Nakata, former senior trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, will join HiSoftware in Concord as director of professional services and legal policy. Customer consulting and regulatory Web compliance training to ensure implementation and integration with current customer…