New Hampshire Business Review - May 11 2007
New Presstek CEO gets $6.5m deal
Jeffrey Jacobson, Presstek’s new chief executive officer, signed a four-year compensation package could be worth more than $6 million, not including 1 million stock options, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Jacobson, 47, will get a…
CRDC’S Cannon to retire
Niel Cannon, executive director of the Capital Regional Development Council, has announced his plans to retire from the post he has held since 1991. He said he plans to continue working with CRDC until a new executive director is found.…
Callahan named Rockingham Park president
Edward Callahan, vice president and general manager of Rockingham Park since 1983, has been named president of the Salem racetrack. He will continue to serve as general manager. The move, announced Tuesday by the track, coincides with several other changes…
SkillSoft completes deal for Thomson unit
SkillSoft has finished its acquisition of NETg, a unit of global publisher Thomson Corporation, for $270 million in cash. The merger, originally announced on Oct. 25, 2006, will provide the Nashua-based SkillSoft with an additional 1,000 course titles from NETg,…
N.H. Thrift Bancshares merger approved
Shareholders of New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares and First Brandon Financial Corporation voted Monday to approve a previously announced merger of the two banks. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston also has given the green light to the merger, which was…
EPA awards $2m grants in N.H.
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $2 million in brownfields grants to six New Hampshire communities and agencies, which are planning to use the money to assess and address contaminated parcels of land for redevelopment. Grants of $200,000 have been…
