New Hampshire Business Review - October 27 2006

Cigna earnings rise 15%

Cigna Corp. reported a 15 percent increase in earnings for the third quarter of 2006, citing strong performance in its health-care business segment. Cigna closed the quarter ended Sept. 30 with net income of $298 million, or $2.75 per share,…

StockerYale to buy UK firm

StockerYale Inc. will be “doubling the size of the company” by buying British laser company Photonic Products Ltd. for $9.4 million, said StockerYale president Mark Blodgett. The Salem-based provider of photonic-based products will be adding an 11-year-old privately owned company…