New Hampshire Business Review - October-4 2013

September 23, 2013

NH Business Review Staff

Flotsam & Jetsam: October 4, 2013

NH Business Review Staff,

Is Scott Brown running for something – anything – in N.H.?

Looking ahead to the CRE Frisco meeting

Bill Norton,

Getting away to see what other folks are doing and thinking in different locales is informative

NHBR celebrates business excellence

NH Business Review Staff,

The Business Excellence Awards celebrate the achievements of New Hampshire business owners and operators

What do shrinking tenant space needs mean?

Dan Scanlon,

Landlords must realize that it may take longer than usual for their space to get filled

Same-sex spousal benefits: Are you in compliance?

John E. Rich, Jr.,

Although limited guidance has been issued so far, employers should begin to implement changes under the Supreme Court’s decision

The risks and rewards of internships

Karen Aframe, Naomi Butterfield,

Internships can make a business vulnerable to liability if they are not properly designed and monitored

Education tax credit families speak out

Kate Baker,

‘This program is a creative, innovative and cost-effective way to empower lower-income families to make choices for their children’

Northern Pass burial is economically unviable

Tiler Eaton,

Why apples-to-oranges comparisons to a project in New York are simply wrong

N.H.’s safety net for children has holes in it

Marylou Beaver,

It’s no accident that in 2012 the state had the highest percentage increase of child poverty in the country

Burying Northern Pass should be N.H.’s decision

Jane A. Difley, Benthien,

The implicit suggestion is that scarring the state’s landscapes is an acceptable subsidy to their bottom line

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