New Hampshire Business Review - September 24 2010

NHBR About Town

A ceremony was held earlier this month to present Tracy Beane, human resources program manager at Stonyfield Farm Yogurt in Londonderry, second from left, with the Health Innovator Award, a partnership of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and NHBR that recognizes…

N.H. firm sues in trademark mess

A marketing firm in Manchester is suing a multibillion-dollar corporation for messing with its Make A Mess trademark.Gigunda Group Inc., in a suit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Concord, claims that Delta Faucet teamed up with eModeration…

Gas prices hold steady

Some analysts had predicted that gas prices might eclipse $3 this past summer. That never happened, thanks to the continued sluggish economy, and throughout the summer prices have remained in the same ballpark as last year’s prices.A gallon of regular…

It pays to support paid sick leave

As campaign season gets into full stride, the economic issues facing our nation and our state are on everyone's mind. One way New Hampshire can help alleviate the pains of an ailing economy is with a paid sick leave policy.For…

What’s wrong with this picture?

China has now overtaken Japan as the world’s second-largest economic power. The news came with the inevitability we have come to expect, given their record of 10 percent annual growth. This rise from poverty has never been equaled in world…

An assault on property rights

For the last 18 months, we have been the lead plaintiffs in a series of lawsuits against the state to stop it from raiding more than $110 million in surplus funds from the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association.Our…