New Hampshire Business Review - November-16 2012

PUC OKs another round of wood heat boiler rebates

New Hampshire's wood pellet and wood boiler industries will be getting another boost, thanks to a decision by the Public Utilities Commission to fund a former federal stimulus program with $450,000 from the state's Renewable Energy Fund. Under the program…

N.H. per capita income rose 4.3% in 2011

It may not feel like it, but New Hampshire's personal income per capita rose some 4.3 percent in 2011, to $45,881, ahead of the rate of inflation. But the state actually lagged a bit compared to the nation as a…

PC Connection announces 38-cent dividend

PC Connection, basking in recently high quarterly earnings reports, announced last week that it will give out more than $10 million in dividends - about 38 cents a share. "We recently reported our highest third-quarter operating income and earnings per…

Ruger sees 62 percent hike in 3Q income

Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. has a problem most companies would love: It's selling its products so quickly that the company can barely make them fast enough. The Connecticut-based gun manufacturer, with a major facility in Newport, N.H., reported a…