New Hampshire Business Review - September 1 2006

BIA to honor Powers, shipyard saviors

Henry Powers, former president of Portsmouth-based Sprague Energy, will be honored in November with the Business & Industry Association’s 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is to be presented at the BIA’s annual dinner, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 8 at…

Judge OKs Riverstone distribution

A federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday approved a plan to distribute what’s left of Cabletron Systems spinoff Riverstone Networks, starting at the end of this month. The plan will govern how RNI Wind Down Corp. will dole out the proceeds of…

N.H. a movie star?

The Granite State is featured in the September issue of P3 Production Update magazine in an article praising its filming incentives. The article, “Top Production Incentives: The North American Race has Begun,” focuses on the innovative and aggressive efforts made…

Bentley hires ex-StockerYale CFO

Bentley Pharmaceuticals has hired former StockerYale Chief Financial Officer Richard Lindsay as its new CFO, the company announced Monday. Lindsay will be replacing Michael Price, who resigned to pursue other opportunities closer to his new home and family in Florida.…

OSHA fines Goffstown firm $82k

A Goffstown landscaping firm faces a total of $82,500 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration stemming from a March 24 accident in which one of its workers lost his foot. According to OSHA, an employee of Landscape…

N.H. students have highest college debt burden

New Hampshire college graduates are leaving school with the highest level of education-related debt in the country, according to the California-based Project on Student Debt. According to data reported by 1,400 college students from four-year colleges and universities across the…

Riverstone probe still alive

The Securities and Exchange Commission is still investigating officials at Cabletron Systems spinoff Riverstone Networks, according to Riverstone bankruptcy filings. Chris Paisley, in a filing related to Riverstone’s bankruptcy, said he was questioned after the SEC dropped its investigation against…