New Hampshire Business Review - September 11 2009

A practical guide to green IT

There has been much advancement in the world of green information technology -- advancements that will help you lower your carbon footprint and your bills. Here are some ways that show it is, in fact, easy to be green. Power…

Light at the end of the export tunnel?

Indicators that gauge current economic conditions around the globe show that the economies of industrial countries stabilized in the second quarter. In its August 19th report, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development -- a Paris-based economic research think-tank of…

Q&A with: Dairy farmer Jeff Holmes

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture in July announced a temporary increase in the amount paid for dairy products through the Dairy Product Price Support Program, Jeff Holmes and more than 100 New Hampshire dairy farmers breathed a sigh of…

Shoreland act changes to take effect

Developers and contractors will get little more flexibility, and lower fees, when building along the shoreland in New Hampshire when changes to the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act take effect on Sunday. Among the changes in the act: • Contractors doing…

Winter heating oil picture unclear

With the crispness of fall already biting through the air, many people throughout New Hampshire have one thing on their mind, and it's not the foliage. It's oil prices. Though the cost of heating oil has been low in comparison…

Home is where the soul is

Why does the news of David Souter's move from his rustic old homestead on a dirt road in Weare to an upscale new house in a pricey subdivision in Hopkinton trouble me so? After all, at 69, the recently retired…

Concord's dirty little secret

Although Governor Lynch has seldom used the threat of a veto as a way of securing meaningful executive branch participation in the legislative process, he did so at least once last year. That was when he threatened to veto any…

Harnessing the power of parents

It's that time of year -- back to school. With the abundance of "teachable moments" these days, will this be the year when parents step up and insist that schools include financial education as part of the school curriculum? In…