New Hampshire Business Review - May 18 2012

While the total value of contracts signed in April for future construction in New Hampshire presented a mixed picture, there was a significant bright spot - contracts for highways, bridges and other infrastructure.All told, according to data supplied by McGraw-Hill…

GT Advanced Technologies' revenue and profits keep on growing, albeit at a slower rate, but there are concerns about the future if economic troubles in the alternative energy field and increasing trade tensions with China continue, according to the firm's…

Home sales in New Hampshire continued to increase in April, further evidence that the state's residential real estate market may indeed be rebounding.But the median price of those transactions remains on a downward slide, according to data released by the…

An increase in duty-free allowances for Canadian visitors to the United States could help boost cross-border shopping in New Hampshire and other border states this summer to levels not seen in two decades, according to a top Canadian economist."Canadians will…

The Business and Industry Association's annual policy development process begins June 14, kicking off a series of 10 roundtable discussions with business and opinion leaders around the state.The roundtables are an open forum for business leaders to talk about their…

A multi-state lawsuit against Home Depot for allegedly not paying its workers overtime has been split up, meaning the two New Hampshire plaintiffs will have to stand on their own against the Atlanta-based corporation.The original suit, filed in Connecticut June…

A $500,000 grant has been approved by the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority to help fund Smuttynose Brewing Company's expansion into a larger facility in Hampton.Pending confirmation of the grant by the Executive Council, Smuttynose is expected to double…

Nashua-based iCAD Inc. is the target of a patent infringement suit filed by an Israeli corporation that markets and commercializes technology emerging from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science.Yeda Research and Development Company alleges that iCAD -- which makes cancer-detection systems…

Stephen Bebis, founder of the Golf Town retail chain in Canada, has been named the new CEO of Merrimack-based specialty retailer Brookstone.Bebis replaces Ron Boire, who recently stepped from the post to become chief merchandising officer of Sears Holdings Corp.Bebis…