New Hampshire Business Review - September 26 2008

September 26, 2008

Plunging prices strain Maine lobster industry

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Potential for wind farm explored in South Berwick

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Hypertherm claims ‘extort’ threat by supplier

Bob Sanders,

Hypertherm Inc. has charged a sole supplier of a crucial circuit board with trying to “extort” a quarter of a million dollars by withholding equipment for which the Hanover, N.H.-based manufacturer says it has already paid and desperately needs. As…

Shell agrees to curb cigarette sales to kids

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NHBR honors business excellence

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Anti-abortion protester calls reaction on Main Street mixed

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NASHUA - Reactions to an anti-abortion protest on Main Street on Tuesday were mixed, according to Darlene Marie Pawlik, president of New Hampshire Right to Life. Pawlik was stationed on Main Street for about three hours Tuesday holding a large…

NH Dems review record, ask for votes

NH Business Review Staff,

NASHUA - Top legislative leaders and Democratic Party Chairman Raymond Buckley touted results brought by the first Democratic takeover of the Legislature in more than 150 years in Nashua on Tuesday. "Democrats have good reasons to be proud of the…

Wind farm in Lempster is nearly ready to go

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LEMPSTER - It's a bit behind schedule, but a $48 million project to bring wind power to New Hampshire via a dozen huge turbines near Mount Sunapee should be up and running by Christmas. And not a moment too soon,…

Wind farm in Lempster is nearly ready to go

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Judge rules two bilked $1.6 million out of investors in scam

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(Opinion) Novus Public Affairs’ 30-year anniversary: Paul Young’s meaningful mark on NH

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