New Hampshire Business Review - November 7 2008

Vetoed contractreveals pay scale

NASHUA - Three-quarters of the city's firefighters would have received average annual raises of 4.3 percent or less over five years, under terms of the contract vetoed by the mayor. The proposal gave much larger pay raises to the least-experienced…

Torch may have caused building fire

MILFORD - A plumber's torch likely started the two-alarm fire Thursday night that displaced about 80 people from the Heritage Estates apartment complex. No one was injured in the blaze that left residents of the 26 apartments in Building 9…

Speeding in town irking residents

MONT VERNON - People driving too fast have the residents of some of the town's back roads concerned about safety - for themselves, their horses and even for the speeders. Among the problems: The yellow center line of Harwood Road…

Ex-Telegraph reporter lauded by industry

BOSTON - The New England Society of Newspaper Editors presented former Telegraph reporter Stephanie Hooper with the community journalist award at the group's annual awards luncheon on Friday. The award recognizes outstanding achievement by a reporter at a small to…

Fidelity to cut another 1,700 jobs

BOSTON (AP) - Fidelity Investments will eliminate 1,700 jobs early next year in a second round of cuts at the nation's largest mutual fund company, which has seen its money management fees decline along with the markets. Combined with 1,300…