Thirteen businesspeople were honored Thursday night at the New Hampshire Business Review's ninth annual Business Excellence Awards, which recognize the efforts and achievements owners and operators of companies with 100 employees or fewer.More than 300 people attended the Oct. 27…
The total dollar amount of future construction contracts in New Hampshire picked up somewhat in September, putting a stop to a troubling downward trend.According to industry information service McGraw Hill Construction, which collects the data, future construction contracts totaled $98.6…
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of The New York Times best-selling book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," will deliver the keynote address at the first New Hampshire Women's Caucus.The "What Women Want Now"…
Hampshire First Bank, based in Manchester, and New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares Inc., holding company of Newport-based Lake Sunapee Bank, each had good quarterly earnings news to report last week.Hampshire First reported net income of $584,000, or 21 cents a share,…
The New Hampshire House Commerce Committee Tuesday backed away from requiring health insurers to cover patients using naturopath doctors as primary care physicians in the small group market.Instead, the requirement will be limited to the individual market, where people already…
The U.S. House is trying to weaken the U.S. Senate's bid to reauthorize two programs that bring millions of dollars of research money to small businesses, according to U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who is joining with Republican Sen. Scott…
VF Corp.'s acquisition of Stratham-based The Timberland Company earlier this year has paid off immediately and more than expected, according to the North Carolina-based firm's earnings report released Monday.VF closed the deal $2.3 billion deal on Sept. 13, and it…
The charged battle is one that will wage for years, as the project is only now in its early permitting stages, and ground is not expected to be broken on the project until at least 2016
The Idea Greenhouse in Durham began simply enough: Entrepreneur Tom Elliott was irritated about the status quo.Elliott, a University of New Hampshire graduate who moved back to the area a few years ago, didn't take long to come to this…
Following a remarkably strong recovery in 2010, the growth of global trade has slowed down, according to the latest available monthly statistics on trade flows from around the globe.The growth in the volume of worldwide merchandise exports, measured by the…
