New Hampshire Business Review back issues from November 2008:
Filing says U.S. attorney steered probe away from Benson; imprisoned Enterasys exec says he's a scapegoat for higher-ups.(ENTERASYS UPDATE)
Nov 07, 2008; ... U.S. Attorney Thomas Colantuono directed a securities fraud investigation of Cabletron Systems away from then-Gov. Craig Benson, despite evidence that Benson might have been involved in sham transactions through a company he effectively controlled to boost revenue at Cabletron spinoff ...
Do your homework during health plan open enrollment: employees should take a number of factors into consideration when shopping for best health-care options.(HEALTH)(difference between health savings accounts and health reimbursement accoun)
Nov 07, 2008; ... What is the difference between an HSA and an HRA? Which expenses are qualified on an FSA? What is the co-pay on a non-generic prescription? Are discounts available for gym memberships? It's easy to get overwhelmed by the myriad decisions to consider during the open enrollment ...
Giving pause? Economic fallout sends a chill among state's nonprofits.(charitable foundation provide credit to low- and middle-income people and small businesses)
Nov 07, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sue Chollet, chair of the board of the New Hampshire Endowment for Health, remembers it as one of the most controversial decisions made in the endowment's 10-year history. The board, after all, had disagreed with its professional investment ...
WMUR general manager Jeff Bartlett.(Q&A)(Interview)
Nov 07, 2008; ... General manager of WMUR-TV since 2001, Jeff Bartlett has criss-crossed the country, racking up no fewer than 16 jobs during his career. The 55-year-old Concord resident's industry experience has ranged from writing news for broadcast to consulting to management. Q. How did you ...
75 percent of respondents said they're never late on paying their wireless bill, though 90 percent said they'd delayed their utilities, ISP, landline telephone, credit card and rent or mortgage payment bills.(Take 5)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... In a sign of consumer priorities, to say the least, a 500-customer survey sponsored by LetsTalk a San Francisco-based wireless services and products supplier, found that 75 percent of respondents said they're never late on paying their wireless bill, though 90 percent said ...
Banks are doing a better job in providing shorter wait times for small-business customers despite tightened credit availability.(Take 5)
Nov 07, 2008 ... According to a small business banking satisfaction study by J.D. Power and Associates, banks are doing a better job in providing shorter wall times for small-business customers despite ...
It's common for employees to engage in office gossip.(Take 5)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Some 84 percent of advertising and marketing executives recently polled by The Creative Group said it's common for ...
About one-fifth of U.S. businesses are saying "no" to end-of-year festivities this holiday season.(Take 5)(Office parties)(Survey)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... If you're one of those people who doesn't look forward to your company's annual holiday office party, you may have nothing to not look forward to. A survey by executive search finn Battalia Winston Amrop ...
Teens exposed to high levels of sexual content on television were twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy in the following three years.(Take 5)(teenage pregnancy)(Report)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... A Rand Corp. study released in the November edition of the journal Pediatrics, has found that teens exposed to high levels of sexual content on television were twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy in the ...
Head of the class: MacKay to succeed Reno as USNH chancellor.(University System of New Hampshire)(Edward MacKay)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008; ... Dr. Edward MacKay, vice chancellor and treasurer of the University System of New Hampshire, has been named the system's chancellor-elect. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MacKay will succeed Dr. Stephen Reno, who announced over the summer that he is stepping down as of June ...
Watered down: USA Springs files reorganization plan.(USA Springs Files Bankruptcy Plan )(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008; ... USA Springs has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that would allow it to continue to construct its controversial bottling plant in Nottingham and pay off all of its creditors by July 1, 2011. Under the plan, owner Francisco Rotundo could collect an annual salary of ...
Accept the challenge: program seeks input on N.H.'s most pressing issues.(New Hampshire)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The Social Entrepreneurial Student Leadership Challenge, an eight-week program in which college student teams from across the state will compete to find a solution to a specific problem facing the state, is looking for New Hampshire residents to help it determine the issues that loom ...
Carolanne Caron, owner of Mom's Munchies, Merrimack, has been recognized by the Soldier's Angels Baking Group for going 'above and beyond' in sending scratch-baked care packages to troops serving abroad through in 2008.(Mom's Munchies in Merrimack, Bakeries)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Carolanne Caron, owner of Mom's Munchies, Merrimack, has been recognized by the Soldier's Angels Baking Group for going 'above and beyond' in sending scratch-baked care packages to troops serving abroad through in 2008 ....
Book club: Toadstool named a top 'Yankee' bookstore.(Toadstool Bookshop)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The Toadstool Bookshop's Peterborough store has been named one of the five best book stores in New England by Yankee magazine. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Toadstool is the only bookstore in New Hampshire to earn a spot on the list, which is featured in Yankee's ...
Change at the top: Beyer taking his bow at Meredith Village Savings.(Henry G. Beyer retired)(Samuel L. Laverack)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... After leading Meredith Village Savings Bank for the past 10 years, Henry "Bill" G. Beyer is retiring on Jan. 12, to be succeeded by Samuel L. Laverack, the bank's executive vice president. Beyer was vice president of Maine National Bank from 1972 to 1982 and executive vice ...
At Gov. John Lynch's announcement of the Small Business Development Center's e-Learning program for New Hampshire entrepreneurs were, R. Scott Bacon, TD Banknorth, Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Thomas Burack and Robert (Skip) Myers of Daniel Webster College.
Nov 07, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: At Gov. John Lynch's announcement of the Small Business Development Center's e-Learning program for New Hampshire entrepreneurs were, kneeling from left, R. Scott Bacon, TD Banknorth, Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Thomas Burack ...
Idea men: 'Innovation Invasion' will celebrate ingenuity.(Conference news)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... More than 200 business owners, economic development practitioners, legislators, students and entrepreneurs from around New Hampshire are expected join together Dec. 2 in Meredith for the 13th annual New Hampshire Economic Development Summit--"Innovation Invasion 2008." ...
Rockwell Automation Inc. will eliminate 168 jobs when it closes its Alien-Bradley manufacturing facility in Manchester by the end of next year.(MANCHESTER)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Rockwell Automation Inc. will eliminate 168 jobs when it closes its Alien-Bradley manufacturing facility in Manchester by the end of next year. Twelve Manchester workers will be able to transfer to Rockwell's Chelmsford, ...
Federal attorneys have reached a non-prosecution agreement with Penn Traffic, an upstate New York-based regional supermarket chain over its accounting practices.(SYRACUSE, N.Y.)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Federal attorneys have reached a non-prosecution agreement with Penn Traffic, an upstate New York-based regional supermarket chain over its accounting practices. The agreement comes a month after the firm settled fraud charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused ...
The Army's Cold Regions Research Lab in Hanover may face fines of more than $100,000 for alleged hazardous waste violations.(HANOVER)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The Army's Cold Regions Research Lab in Hanover may face fines of more than $100,000 for alleged hazardous waste violations. The Environmental Protection Agency says the lab improperly handled, stored and labeled hazardous waste containers. The Cold Regions facility conducts ...
The city of Portsmouth is formally accepting $345,000 worth of equipment to expand the number of free wireless access points in the downtown area from four to about 20.(PORTSMOUTH)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The city of Portsmouth is formally accepting $345,000 worth of equipment to expand the number of free wireless access points in the downtown area from four to about 20. Cisco Systems Inc. is donating the ...
Keene-based C&S Wholesale Grocers has announced it will be cutting 50 jobs in addition reducing the number of employees through attrition and transfers.(KEENE)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Keene-based C&S Wholesale Grocers has announced it will be cutting 50 jobs in addition reducing the number of employees through attrition and transfers. The layoffs will be taking place at C&S facilities in ...
The New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women has launched Better Jobs for New Hampshire Women, a new initiative aimed at developing a strategy to establish programs that will increase the availability of information for women seeking employment and the recruitment, training, hiring and retention of women in non-traditional occupations.(CONCORD)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women has launched Better Jobs for New Hampshire Women, a new initiative aimed at developing a strategy to establish programs that will increase the availability of information for women seeking employment and the ...
One Liberty Lane, former headquarters of Fisher Scientific, is on the market.(HAMPTON)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... One Liberty Lane, former headquarters of Fisher Scientific, is on the market. The three-story building, which sits at the junction of Interstate 95 and Route 101, has an assessed value $9,251,000, according to listing agent Cushman and Wakefield of New Hampshire. Thermo Fisher ...
Washington is sending New Hampshire more than $3 million to help pay for repairs to federal highways damaged in the statewide flooding of April 2007.(CONCORD)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Washington is sending New Hampshire more than $3 million to help pay for repairs to federal highways damaged in the statewide flooding of April 2007. The state can use the federal Transportation Department ...
Cleary Cleaners of Rochester has announced its merger with Varney Cleaners, which has two locations in Dover.(ROCHESTER)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Cleary Cleaners of Rochester has announced its merger with Varney Cleaners, which has two locations in Dover. Cleary has 14 locations around the state, including ...
Commuter buses to Boston will start running Nov. 17 from the new Exit 5 transportation complex off Interstate 93 in Londonderry.(MANCHESTER)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Commuter buses to Boston will start running Nov. 17 from the new Exit 5 transportation complex off Interstate ...
Centrix Bank.(The Bottom Line)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Centrix Bank (CXBT.OB) has announced profits of $926,000, or 31 cents per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2008. This represents a 21 percent increase in net income from the third quarter of 2007, with profits of $763,000, or 25 cents per diluted ...
Standex International Corp.(The Bottom Line)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Standex International Corp. (SXI) reported net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 was $5 million, or 40 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $5.9 million, or ...
StockerYale Inc.(The Bottom Line)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... StockerYale Inc. (STRR) posted a net loss of $3.1 million, or 8 cents a share, for the last quarter and its shareholder equity was cut in half during the past nine months. StockerYale would have posted a net ...
Bottomline Technologies Inc.(The Bottom Line)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Bottomline Technologies Inc. (EPAY) posted a net loss of $3.8 million, or 16 cents a share, in the first quarter of its fiscal ...
iCAD Inc.(The Bottom Line)
Nov 07, 2008 ... iCAD Inc. (ICAD) has unveiled two new MRI products: SpectraLook, innovative kinetics technology integrated into iCAD's image analysis solutions for breast and ...
Stock check: representing a basket of stocks from N.H.--based companies or those doing a significant amount of business in the state.(The Bottom Line)(Statistical table)(List)
Nov 07, 2008 ... <Pre> Stock Check Representing a basket of stocks from N.H.--based companies or those doing a significant amount of business in the state 10/31 10/17% SYMBOL NAME CLOSINGCLOSINGCHANGE TOP GAINER: ...
Business services winner: James Grady, president and owner, LighTec Inc. Merrimack.(BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2008)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James Grady saw the advantage of energy efficiency and solar power well before it was a plank in presidential candidate platforms. Like so many great companies, LighTec began in Crady's basement some 17 years ago. This industrial engineer ...
AARP seeks Best Employers from N.H.(50+: The changing face of New Hampshire's workforce)
Nov 07, 2008; ... When AARP began its "Best Employers for Workers over 50" recognition program eight years ago, it received 14 applications and honored 11 employers for their efforts in creating welcoming work environments for workers age 50 and over. This year, AARP received 173 applications and honored 50 ...
N.H. exports fall from July to August: but exporters shipped 23.8 percent more goods than a year ago.(N.H. EXPORTS)(Statistical table)
Nov 07, 2008; ... In the last three years, "Made in the USA" goods have gained popularity around the globe, helped by the low value of the dollar and fast-rising foreign incomes, especially in the emerging economies like China, India and Brazil. Month after month, exporting companies have seen their ...
Amid crisis. N.H. economy looks sturdy: while lending standards have tightened, credit is still flowing in the state.(CREDIT CRISIS)
Nov 07, 2008; ... If Witner Jones' telephone is an indication of how the credit crisis has had an impact on New Hampshire businesses, the news is not so bad. Jones runs the U.S. Small Business Administration's New Hampshire office in Concord. His agency has set up a hotline to help small ...
Study sees shortage of livable-wage jobs: inventory of N.H. finds employment picture wanting.(N.H. JOBS)(Report)
Nov 07, 2008; ... Some 79 percent of jobs in New Hampshire do not pay a wage sufficient for single-parent families with two children to provide basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care and health care, according to a new report. The report, from the Carsey Institute at the ...
With HQ for sale, Thermo retains major N.H. presence.(N.H. JOBS)(Fisher Scientific Co.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008; ... While Thermo Fisher Scientific may have put the old Fisher Scientific headquarters in Hampton on the block the company will still have 900 employees at its Hudson, Newington and Portsmouth locations in New Hampshire, according to Thermo spokeswoman Karen Kirkwood. That is ...
Maine, Mass. regulators may stall Unitil deal.(UTILITIES)(Unitil Inc.'s plan to buy Northern Utilities and Granite State Gas Transmission from NiSource Inc.)
Nov 07, 2008; ... Maine and Massachusetts regulators may have thrown up some minor obstacles that could delay Unitil Inc.'s plan to buy Northern Utilities and Granite State Gas Transmission from NiSource Inc., according to the Hampton, N.H.-based utility company's Oct. 24 quarterly filing with the ...
No effects in N.H. from stronger dollar--yet: exporters, tourism industry report little ramification.(N.H. ECONOMY)(New Hampshire)
Nov 07, 2008; ... The dollar continues to become a refuge for investors around the world, its value is rising, prompting concern on its effects on New Hampshire's exporters and tourism industry. So far, any negative impacts of a stronger dollar have yet to be felt by Granite State exporters and ...
Court limits Kozlowski property sales.(N.H. ECONOMY)(Tyco International )(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008; ... U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro has limited imprisoned former Tyco International chief executive Dennis Kozlowski's ability to sell his houses and other property. Kozlowski, who is in prison for defrauding and stealing from the company; cannot sell homes in Florida and ...
A long, but hardly close, relationship.(personal relationship)
Nov 07, 2008; ... Is U.S. Attorney Thomas Colantuono a "close associate" of Craig Benson, Cabletron Systems' cofounder and former New Hampshire governor, as claimed by attorneys for imprisoned former Enterasys chief financial officer Robert Gagalis? Neither Benson nor Colantuono would talk to ...
Ex-employee: 'you got the wrong people in jail'.
Nov 07, 2008; ... Michelle Winder, the woman who implicated Cabletron Systems founder and then sitting Gov. Craig Benson to the U.S. attorney's office in September of 2004, was targeted herself by that very office five month later. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Winder, who said that Benson ...
NHBR about town.(New Hampshire Business Review)
Nov 07, 2008 ... 1 The Chamber Children's Fund, a division of the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce, held its second annual Scarecrows for Kids competition at the Exeter Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 25. The Copper Canoe's whimsical mermaid scarecrow won the top prize. Second place went to the American ...
R&D credit: an investment in New England's future: the importance of the credit to the region is not simply theoretical.(TAX CREDIT)
Nov 07, 2008; ... New England has been the cradle of many of our country's greatest movements. In the 18th century it was the straggle for independence, the essence of New England being forged in the Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill. In the 19th century it was the ...
Taking exception to Kozlowski story.(LETTERS to the EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 07, 2008; ... TO THE EDITOR: I take exception to your article regarding Dennis Kozlowski's divorce and the asset freeze placed on Mr, Kozlowski by U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro (NHBR.com, Oct. 22.) There is not one quote in any article or news report that states Mr ....
The collapse according to Greenspan: the economic crisis is 'much broader than anything I could have imagined'.(ECONOMY)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The following are excerpts of prepared remarks former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered before the House Committee of Government Oversight and Reform last month. We are in the midst of a once-in-a century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being ...
The financial crisis shows us the way: the climate change crisis deserves similar swift, universal action too.(ENVIRONMENT)
Nov 07, 2008; ... In the fall of 2008, as the global financial architecture crumbled, governments around the world swiftly committed themselves to spending trillions of dollars to rescue the global market in money, to save financial institutions from the consequences of their bad choices, and prevent a ...
Patrick Duffy, N.H. business leader.(Cook on Concord)(Patrick Duffy was awarded)(Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire conference)
Nov 07, 2008; ... At the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire's recent annual dinner, business leader Patrick Duffy was awarded the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award. In the presentation of the award, the following tribute was offered by this author, who had the honor of presenting the ...
Preparing for the worst, hoping for the best.(PR Briefing)(crisis management)
Nov 07, 2008; ... Bad news is around us. Everything, it seems, is in crisis. Politicians and financial leaders tell us daily that times are tough. Layoffs, bank failures, the daily ups and downs of Wall Street, and the challenges our country hasn't faced in a century are everywhere, including ...
Subprime mortgages aren't the only problem.(Improving Performance)(americans buy homes, instituting regulations )
Nov 07, 2008; ... We never seem to learn. The S&I debacle isn't that distant a memory, and we're repeating it on an even grander scale. In fact, this time we'll be lucky if our entire financial infrastructure doesn't crumble. In 1977, President Carter signed the Community Reinvestment Act to ...
Look around--it's not business as usual.(Selling with Nadilo)(bank financing)
Nov 07, 2008; ... It seems that business is stuck in a rut. It fell and it can't get up. Forget business as usual. It just ain't happening. The rules are changing before our eyes. The ground is moving. No one knows where to turn. If this all sounds ominous, it is. There is not a single person I ...
Broadened ADA could mean more litigation.(ADA Update)(Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Nov 07, 2008; ... In September, President Bush signed into law amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that greatly expand the ADA's coverage by broadening the definition of disability. The changes, which take effect in January, will ultimately require employers to extend ...
Preventing disruptive behavior in the workplace.(A Question of Employment Law)
Nov 07, 2008; ... Louisa, a supervisor, contacts Henry, the human resources manager, because one of her employees, Dave, is making the other employees in the office uncomfortable. Louisa reports .that Dave was recently divorced and has been going through a difficult time over the past year. He had expressed ...
Supreme Court Justice Galway to retire.(THE LAW)(Richard Galway )
Nov 07, 2008 ... New Hampshire Associate Supreme Court Justice Richard Galway has announced plans to retire effective Feb. 1, 2009, after serving as a judge for 14 years, five of them on the high court. The 64-year-old Galway, a native of Manchester, was picked for the top court by Gov. Craig ...
The Catholic Lawyers Guild has presented its third annual St. Thomas More Award to Manchester attorney Peter McDonough.(THE LAW)(Peter McDonough)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The Catholic Lawyers Guild has presented its third annual St. Thomas More Award to Manchester attorney Peter McDonough. McDonough, who received the award during the annual Red Mass at C.R. Sparks in Bedford. McDonough, who served as an assistant ...
Pierce Law gets high-tech courtroom.(THE LAW)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The courtroom at Franklin Pierce Law Center has been outfitted with a fully customized voice, video and data system that will be used for instruction in trial advocacy, teaching courtroom skills and for conducting competitions with other law schools. Installed by Single Source ...
Visa lottery offers chance at green card.(THE LAW)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... Despite economic and security challenges, the United States still remains a great hope for countless would-be immigrants around the world, says Manchester immigration law attorney George Bruno. And, for many dreaming of a new life in the United States, the best hope may be the annual ...
New Hampshire Superior Court Justice Carol Ann Conboy has been named the winner of the New Hampshire Women's Bar Association's 2008 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award.(THE LAW)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: New Hampshire Superior Court Justice Carol Ann Conboy has been named the winner of the New Hampshire Women's Bar Association's 2008 Marilla M. Ricker Achievement Award. The award, presented to Conboy ...
Wind farm in Lempster picks up steam: energy expected to be produced by Christmas.(going GREEN)
Nov 07, 2008; ... 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 at full power by Christmas. The 24-megawatt installation will produce enough electricity to power roughly 10,000 homes ...
N.H. in suit to reduce mercury.(GOING GREEN)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... New Hampshire is one of seven states petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to take stronger steps to reduce mercury pollution from power plants outside the region. New Hampshire and the other states--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York Rhode Island and Vermont--have ...
Experts traverse N.H. energy market.(GOING GREEN)(New Hampshire, United States)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The 2008 New Hampshire Energy Seminar, designed to examine how businesses can lower electricity bills, conserve energy and capitalize on existing funding sources for energy-efficiency projects, will be held Dec. 3 in Manchester. The seminar, presented by the Business and ...
Regulators rethinking PSNH emissions scrubber.(GOING GREEN)(Public Service of New Hampshire)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... The Public Utilities Commission has suspended its decision allowing Public Service of New Hampshire to install new emissions controls at its coal-fired power plant in Bow. The decision came after a competitor and several large business customers of the utility asked the ...
UNH student wins EPA fellowship.(GOING GREEN)(University of New Hampshire)(Brief article)
Nov 07, 2008 ... A student at the University of New Hampshire working on ways to make communities more sustainable was chosen as one of four in New England and 32 nationwide to receive an EPA STAR fellowship to complete their master's or doctorate degrees and work on solutions to important environmental ...