We need solutions, not whining
To the editor:I appreciate the work and time you put into your newspaper. I read it as my schedule allows. Just a couple of observations from some of your writers.In the Sept. 24-Oct. 7, a study stating the high cost…
New Hampshire Business Review - October 8 2010
Grateful for Canada gas pipeline
To the editor:At the one-year anniversary of the commissioning of the Repsol Canaport LNG Terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, the New England-Canada Business Council (NECBC) believes it's important to point out the benefits to New England from this…
How's business on the Seacoast?
NHBR's editors recently met with Portsmouth area businesspeople at the new Portsmouth Harbor Events and Conference Center at Portwalk Place in downtown Portsmouth. The topic under discussion: How is the area's economy faring and what are the expectations for the…
N.H. export growth ranks 3rd in U.S.
In the first seven months of 2010, New Hampshire exports increased by an annual rate of 45.3 percent in the first seven months of 2010 over the same period in 2009 - a performance that puts the state third among…
Group launches plan for Great Bay Estuary
The continued degradation of the Great Bay estuary has prompted the creation of a new 10-year plan aimed at serving as a blueprint for preserving a marine habitat closely tied to the health of the entire Seacoast region.Lawmakers, scientists and…
All hail the UNH School of Law
In late spring 1970 or 1971, University of New Hampshire President John McConnell received a call from the only law book publisher in New Hampshire, Meldrim Thomson Jr. of Orford's Equity Publishing Company, asking if he could have lunch at…
NHBR About Town
‘Wonder Women’ Leah McCaughy, left, and Katie Kobe participated in the Fifth Annual CHaD Hero run benefiting the children’s hospital. Over 1,875 runners and walkers participated and raised more than $434,000. (Photo by Mark Washburn)More photosSubmit items for About Town…
Q and A with: PUC energy director Jack Ruderman
Jack Ruderman heads the Public Utilities Commission's Sustainable Energy Division, which gives out millions of dollars each year for energy programs.Q. Outline the type of funds you oversee.A. The renewable energy fund is an offshoot of the state's renewable portfolio…
N.H.'s Changing Workforce: Caring for the elderly a growing burden for workers and employers
The stress of providing unpaid care at home to a loved one often spills over into the workplace, and New Hampshire is no exception: nearly one-third of Granite State adults have provided unpaid care to an adult relative or friend…
Insurance alliances slow to start in N.H.
There's much more to forming a purchasing alliance than pulling together a group of small businesses to go on a shopping trip for health insurance
