New Hampshire Business Review - Oct. 3, 2025

October 2, 2025

Mike Cote

Charlie Kirk and free speech

Brad Cook,

Efforts to silence speech contradicts Trump executive order citing First Amendment

Man Counting College Savings Fund, Tuition Fee Or Student Loan W

Smart strategies for building and protecting wealth

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Careful planning around succession, market changes and investment choices can help you feel more confident about the years ahead.

Q&A with tech entrepreneur and educator Rajesh Nair

Amanda Andrews, Mike Cote,

Rajesh Nair is on a global mission to inspire students to experience the same joy he did as a youth in India when he learned how to build a simple crystal radio.

The Latest: Week of October 3

NH Business Review Staff,

The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community

Littleton Regional Healthcare selects Dartmouth Health as preferred future partner

NH Business Review Staff,

Move to join the DH system follows two years of study

Creating meaningful change

Deo Mwano,

Don’t let performance improvement plans become a path to termination

Hundreds of H-1B workers employed in New Hampshire

Mark Hayward,

The following data shows the extent that New Hampshire employers rely on the H-1B program to fill positions for highly skilled workers. Recently, President Trump instituted stiff, $100,000 fees for future H-1B workers. Media reports say some 700,000 people work…

NH economy: ‘Uncertainty rules’

Paul Briand,

‘Effective’ tariff rate slowing consumer spending, economist says

Is unemployment uptick a concern in NH?

Paul Briand,

Rate has ticked up to 3% after hovering around 2% for two years

Hannah Grimes grant helps businesses dream big

Keene Sentinel Staff,

The Hannah Grimes Center in Keene received $350K to support Monadnock Region microenterprises with training, mentorship, and small business growth.

More news from NHBR:

Expanding access to mental health care in New Hampshire

Demand for behavioral health care services continues to rise across New Hampshire and the nation, impacting families, employers, health care providers, and communities alike.

Are home prices closing in on a $600,000 median?

The median priced single-family home in the Granite State reached another all-time high at $579,900, according to data from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. That breaks the previous high mark of $569,000 in June of last year.

Promoting NH’s outdoor economy will take better coordination, report says

New Hampshire’s outdoor economy is active and evolving, but the systems that support it have not kept pace, according to a new report by the Granite Outdoor Alliance. “Grounded Growth” was culled from three roundtables hosted by industry businesses around the state where 62 stakeholders from business, manufacturing, conservation, workforce and the public sector discussed challenges and opportunities shaping New Hampshire’s outdoor economy.