New Hampshire Business Review - October 7 2011

A financing company has sued "self-made" businessman Harold J. Brooks, founder of Brooks Properties in Salem, for more than $2 million over a loan to buy a private jet.Connecticut-based VFS Financing Inc. charges that Brooks personally guaranteed a $4.77 million…

One of the Republican mantras during the last election was to get rid of all mandates that were said to be driving up the cost of group health insurance for small businesses.On Tuesday, in both the House and Senate's commerce…

For the second time in two months, White Mountains Insurance Group will be buying back shares in a "modified Dutch auction."Under the auction, which started Monday, a shareholder can name his or her price -- between $385 and $425 --…

Total future construction contracts in New Hampshire continued their troubling year-over-year downward trend in August.Future construction contracts totaled $93.3 million in August -- a 27 percent drop from the $127.1 million recorded in August 2010. Still that was an increase…

Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, charged with discriminating against a deaf patient for the second time in seven years, has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine to the federal government and to insure that services are provided to deaf patients…

"Usury is in the eye of the beholder," said John Hunt, R-Rindge, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, as his panel on Tuesday considered allowing high-interest payday loans in New Hampshire once again.House Bill 160 refers to them as "installment…

"Usury is in the eye of the beholder," said John Hunt, R-Rindge, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, as his panel on Tuesday considered allowing high-interest payday loans in New Hampshire once again.House Bill 160 refers to them as "installment…

It doesn't look like Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in New Hampshire will be able to convince lawmakers to stop healthy employees from fleeing their group plan at work for a more affordable individual policy.Some 2,500 "lives" left the group…

Teresa Rosenberger, FairPoint Communications' New Hampshire state president since January 2010, has stepped down from the job.Rosenberger, who was responsible for overseeing regulatory matters, governmental relations, public relations and economic development for the company, will be returning to the Manchester-based…