Recently added articles from New Hampshire Business Review:
Panel probes revamp of jobless fund: committee studies 'negative-rated' companies.(WORKFORCE)
Aug 01, 2008; Sanders, Bob ... With unemployment taxes likely to increase, New Hampshire lawmakers are feeling more pressure to do something about "negative-rated employers," those seasonal companies whose workers receive more in unemployment benefits than they pay in unemployment taxes. Whether legislators do anything ...
State aids struggling companies: DRED's Fran Allain helps companies avoid layoffs.(BUSINESS SERVICES)(Department of Resources and Economic Development)
Aug 01, 2008; Kenny, Jack ... As one who works for an agency whose acronym rhymes with the word "dread," Fran Allain is sensitive to the kind of impression an unfortunate name might make. Allain is relatively new to the state's Department of Resources and Economic Development, having come on board five months ago in a ...
New Hampshire Public Radio host Luara knoy.(Q&A)(Interview)
Aug 01, 2008; Kibbe, Cindy ... For more than a dozen years, listeners to New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange" have been greeted by the silky voice and provocative questions of Laura Knoy. The 46-year-old Knoy, who grew up in Keene, took time away from the studio to sit with NHBR for a conversation off ...
At the top: Ahnen to take hospital association helm.(New Hampshire Hospital Association appoints Stephen M. Ahnen)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; Kibbe, Cindy ... Stephen M. Ahnen, an official with the American Hospital Association, has been named the New Hampshire Hospital Association's new president. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] He will succeed Mike Hill, who is retiring in October after 15 years in the post. Ahnen is ...
Car alarm: GM cuts NHMS contract.
Aug 01, 2008 ... General Motors' $10 billion cost-cutting program includes a long-running sponsorship contract with New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. The speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.,--both of which are owned by Speedway Motorsports Inc.--have been told by GM that ...
Change of place: Swack joins Carsey Institute.(Michael Swack)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; Kibbe, Cindy ... Michael Swack, founder and former dean of Southern New Hampshire University's School of Community and Economic Development, will be joining the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire as a researcher and faculty member. Swack, who is scheduled to start at the ...
Food Bank seeks help.(New Hampshire Food Bank)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The struggling economy makes it even more of a struggle, for the New Hampshire Food Bank, which supplies food and supplies to soup kitchen,s, food pantries and shelters around the state. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Executive Director Melanie Gosselin says the inventory is ...
Because part of new septic system being assembled at The Common Man in Windham resembled a space capsule, owner Alex Ray and the construction crew decided to have a little fun, adorning it with an American flag and adhering vinyl letters to it that read "NASA.".
Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Because part of new septic system being assembled at The Common Man in Windham resembled a space capsule, owner Alex Ray and the construction crew decided to have a little fun, adorning it with an American flag and adhering vinyl letters to it ...
Smooth move: Merrimack aesthetics firm lands $18m in financing.(Eleme Medical Inc.)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; Kibbe, Cindy ... Eleme Medical Inc., a private venture-backed company based in Merrimack that specializes in anti-cellulite treatments, has raised $18 million in Series C financing. The round was led by L Capital Partners of New York City and Tel-Aviv, Israel. Other investors included Hambrecht ...
On the right track: plans progress for N.H.'S rail future.(New Hampshire)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Gov. John Lynch, state Department of Transportation Commissioner George Campbell and Sen. Peter Burring, D-Cornish, chairman of the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority, met last month to discuss establishing a budget for the state rail authority. Right now, the authority is a volunteer ...
Contract bridge: union 'evergreen' bill signed by Lynch.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Gov. John Lynch has signed a union-backed bill requiring public employers to honor existing provisions of an expired union contract until a new contract is in place--commonly called an "evergreen clause? The bill had strong support from ...
Taking care of business: 20th TriCity Expo set for Sept. 25.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... This year's TriCity Expo, a joint effort of the Greater Nashua, Manchester and Concord chambers of commerce, will be the 20th edition of what has become one of the state's premier networking events. The expo, which will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at the ...
The Children's Museum of New Hampshire held its eagerly awaited opening July 23 at its new Dover location.
Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The Children's Museum of New Hampshire held its eagerly awaited opening July 23 at its new Dover location. The museum--originally the Children's Museum of Portsmouth--now has a 20,O00-square-foot space in the Butterfield Building at the corner of ...
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that a 2006 leveraged buyout of Hospital Corporation of America, the parent company of Portsmouth Regional Hospital, did not violate an agreement that would have allowed the Foundation for Seacoast Health to buy back the local hospital. (Portsmouth).
Aug 01, 2008 ... The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that a 2006 leveraged buyout of Hospital Corporation of America, the parent company of Portsmouth Regional Hospital, did not violate an agreement that would have allowed the ...
New Hampshire's unemployment rate was 4 percent in June, the same as it was in May.(Concord)
Aug 01, 2008 ... New Hampshire's unemployment rate was 4 percent in June, the same as it was in May. In real numbers, the state says there were ...
Meredith Harley-Davidson owners Herb and Linda Johnson are selling their Meredith and Conway dealerships to American Road Group, owned by Steve and Anna Deli.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Meredith Harley-Davidson owners Herb and Linda Johnson are selling their Meredith and Conway dealerships to American Road Group, owned by Steve and Anna Deli. The deal is expected to close in September, Kristi Johnson, marketing director, ...
The Argus Champion, a weekly newspaper that has covered the greater Lake Sunapee area since 1823, stopped publication at the end of July.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Argus Champion, a weekly newspaper that has covered the greater Lake Sunapee area since 1823, stopped publication at the end of July. In a letter to readers, Publisher Harvey Hill, whose firm also owns the daily Eagle-Times in Claremont, said the newspaper has been losing money ...
The Starbucks store in Rochester is among 600 nationwide--and the only one in New Hampshire--slated for closing by the giant gourmet coffee chain.(Rochester)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Starbucks store in Rochester is among 600 nationwide--and the only one in New Hampshire--slated for closing by the giant gourmet coffee chain. The company said ...
Gov. John Lynch has nominated Bedford businessman Richard Simard to fill the on the State Liquor Commission.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Gov. John Lynch has nominated Bedford businessman Richard Simard to fill the on the State Liquor Commission. The governor said Simard has an extensive business background that will be an asset to ...
TD Banknorth has chosen a new name to use following its merger with Commerce Bancorp Inc. of New Jersey: TD Bank.(Portland, Maine)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TD Banknorth has chosen a new name to use following its merger with Commerce Bancorp Inc. of New Jersey: TO Bank. The combined banks previously were to be known as TO Commerce Bank, but TO Bank chief executive Bharat Masrani ...