A job fair attempting to match employers and employees of the former Polyclad Laminates in Franklin is scheduled to be held May 25 at the plant. Over 180 workers will be displaced by the closing of the firm, which was…
The Stratham-based Timberland Company reported a decrease in first-quarter 2006 revenues due in part to dollar gains in international markets, declines in domestic boot sales and negative foreign exchange impacts. Net income decreased from record highs of 2005, the company…
Retail real estate giant Simon Property Group reported a strong first quarter with an increase in diluted earnings per share, according to first quarter reports. Diluted earnings per common share increased to 47 cents, up 81 percent from the 26…
Eighteen women were honored yesterday at New Hampshire Magazine’s 2006 Remarkable Women breakfast reception at the Bedford Village Inn in Bedford. The breakfast is held to honor the women featured in the magazine’s current issue, which salutes women described as…
Since July 2005 the New Hampshire Department of Labor has cited 38 employers for illegally employing undocumented workers — 5 percent of the 710 investigations conducted by Labor Department investigators. The majority of those cited were first-time offenders, many of…
Ed Theobald, the former chairman of the $5 billion New Hampshire Retirement System board, regularly dined and entertained on behalf of his private clients with consultants from Evaluation Associates Inc., according to his sworn testimony included in an extensive independent…
When Sean O’Kane left his job as general manager of The Center of New Hampshire in 2004 to become commissioner of the Department of Resources and Economic Development, he knew the DRED mission would be a challenge. But he had…
Michael Herrmann, owner of Gibson’s Bookstore on Concord’s South Main Street, is one downtown retailer who finds it “pretty exciting” that the long-vacant Sears building next door to his store is being replaced by construction of several floors of office…
One question architects, engineers, contractors and others in the construction trade often ask is how long they are exposed to liability for negligence claims arising out of their work on a construction project. New Hampshire has a three-year statute of…
