New Hampshire Business Review back issues from January 2009:
Watch your wallet? Businesses fear possible tax hikes in '09 legislative session.
Jan 02, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] David Juvet, senior vice president of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, best summed up the stance of many business groups awaiting the start of the 2009 legislative session: "First. do no harm." While the economy is at the forefront ...
'Outstanding Women' deadline nears.(New Hampshire Business Review )(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... The nomination deadline is just a week away for NHBR's 2009 Outstanding Women in Business. This is the fourth year that NHBR is seeking nominations of women whose achievements, success, commitment and vision make them true leaders in their chosen fields. "Our ...
Some businesses thrive in bad times: the recession doesn't affect everyone equally.(N.H. ECONOMY)
Jan 02, 2009; ... While the recession has hit many business sectors across the state hard, so me businesses thrive in times of economic instability, selling goods of services that cater to the changing needs of a financially unstable population. For instance, while sales in retail stores are ...
Cosmetics entrepreneur Kriss Soterion.(Q&A)(Interview)
Jan 02, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kriss Soterion is a Manchester-based former Miss New Hampshire with her own cosmetics line, eponymously titled "Kriss." Her extensive line of beauty products comes from 10 different manufacturers and reaches a global market through her cyber store. ...
22 percent of men always or often keep their resolutions in the new year, versus 14 percent of women.(take 5)
Jan 02, 2009 ... According to a survey by Dorthy.com and conducted by Harris Interactive, 22 percent of men always or often keep their resolutions in ...
54 percent of small businesses have some type of business loan.(take 5)(Survey)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... As bank lending tightens and the economy worsens, 54 percent of small businesses have some type of business loan and are using credit cards as one of their primary sources of leveraging those loans, according to the 2008 Small and ...
Five food trends that sit atop the National Restaurant Association's recent "What's Hot" survey.(take 5)
Jan 02, 2009 ... The five food trends that sit atop the National Restaurant Association's recent "What's Hot" survey of more than 1,600 professional chefs: locally grown produce (cited by 89 ...
42 percent of businesses say the priority for information technology in their next budget cycle is to cut costs.(take 5)(Survey)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... A new survey of 548 executives by the consulting company McKinsey & Co. found that 42 percent of businesses say the priority for information technology in their ...
Eighty-five percent of hospital executives surveyed say they are bracing for a far worse impact from this recession than the 2001-2002 downturn.(take 5)(Survey)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Yet another sign of an ailing economy: Eighty-five percent of hospital executives surveyed say they are bracing for a far worse impact from this recession than the 2001-2002 downturn. According to a ...
Work in progress: Manchester picked for 'when work works' effort.
Jan 02, 2009 ... The city of Manchester has been chosen by When Work Works, a national initiative to promote and recognize effective and flexible workplaces, as a new participating community for 2008-2009. Manchester joins 32 other communities around the country that are part of the initiative, ...
Sell My Timeshare Now, the Dover-based timeshare reselling business, recently received an $8.5 million injection of capital from the Edison Venture Fund.
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Sell My Timeshare Now, the Dover-based timeshare reselling business, recently received an $8.5 million injection of capital from the Edison Venture Fund. The company employs 156 people at its Dover headquarters and at offices in Orlando and Tampa, ...
Fruitful deal: Mangosoft settles Skype, eBay suit.
Jan 02, 2009; ... Mangosoft Inc. has settled a patent lawsuit for $2.3 million with Skype Software and eBay. The settlement, while sizable for a one man company down to its last $500,000 in assets, is a small percentage of its accumulated deficit-the $90 million stockholders have invested in the ...
Report shows slight rise in '07 workplace fatalities.(Report)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009; ... The number of workplace fatalities in New Hampshire in 2007 rose slightly from the year before. According to a report released in November by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 14 workforce fatalities in 2007 in New Hampshire, compared to 13 in 2006, both numbers ...
Blood bank? Legislation targets thumbprints, samples by banks.(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Should banks be able to require a thumbprint when you want to cash a check? How about your blood? Rep. Frank Sapareto, R-Derry, thinks not, and plans to file a bill that would ban the practice, as well as other "flagrant violations of a person's privacy," such as asking for DNA ...
Payback: '97 Cabletron suit payouts ok'd.(Cabtetron Systems Inc.)(Brief article)(Case overview)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Nearly 8,000 former Cabtetron Systems Inc, shareholders should have received a surprise check averaging nearly $980 around Christmas, but it will be about 2 percent of what they lost due to alleged fraud, and 11 years after that fraud supposedly took place. In October 1997, ...
Best practices: employers urged to apply for AARP award.(American Association of Retired Persons)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... With the application deadline for the annual AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 search just around the corner, New Hampshire employers who offer workplace practices and policies that are friendly toward workers 50 and older are being urged to apply. The AARP Best Employers ...
Job loss: industrial employment drops in N.H.(New Hampshire)(Report)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Industrial employment in New Hampshire has fallen by 1.5 percent over the last year, according to a newly released publication. According to the 2009 New Hampshire Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Evanston, III.-based Manufacturers' ...
Penalty shot: bill seeks to toughen shoplifting laws.(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Should shoplifting be a felony? Yes, if it's done in an organized fashion, says the New Hampshire Retailer Merchants Association, which is backing a bill that would more likely send those engaged in "organized retail crime" to jail for a long time. The language hasn't been made ...
Residential home prices in New Hampshire were 17 percent less in November than a year earlier.(Manchester)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Residential home prices in New Hampshire were 17 percent less in November than a year earlier. The Northern New England Real Estate Network reports ...
Gary Smith, president of the State Employees Association, says the state could save millions of dollars in utility costs by closing most state offices for three-day weekends.(Concord)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Gary Smith, president of the State Employees Association, says the state could save millions of dollars in utility costs by closing most state offices for three-day weekends. He says workers would stay longer ...
New Hampshire's jobless rate in November rose to 4.3 percent, up two-tenths of a percent from October.(Concord)
Jan 02, 2009 ... New Hampshire's jobless rate in November rose to 4.3 percent, up two-tenths of a percent from October. New ...
New Hampshire officials estimate December's ice storm will cost state businesses tens of millions of dollars in storm damage, lost productivity and missed sales.(Concord)
Jan 02, 2009 ... New Hampshire officials estimate December's ice storm will cost state businesses tens of millions of dollars in storm damage, lost productivity and ...
U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter says there is "not much chance" she will be able to overturn a decision to move more than 300 local AT&T call center jobs out of New Hampshire in late February.(Dover)(AT&T Inc.)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter says there is "not much chance" she will be able to overturn a decision to move more than 300 local AT&T call center jobs out of New Hampshire in late February. Last month, AT&T announced it will close the ...
Strafford County has notified the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension it will no longer contribute to the service's funding.(Dover)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Stratford County has notified the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension it will no longer contribute to the service's funding. The county cut its share on Jan. 1 to save about $200,000 as a cost-saving measure. The county provides 38 percent ...
Public Service of New Hampshire is filing a request to set an energy charge of 9.92 cents per kilowatt hour, compared to the current charge of 9.57 cents.(Manchester)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Public Service of New Hampshire is filing a request to set an energy charge of 9.92 cents per kilowatt hour, compared to the current charge of 9.57 cents. The utility said that the monthly bill of a residential customer using 500 kilowatt ...
For the second year, Vermont is ranked as being the healthiest state in the nation by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention, with New Hampshire ranking third and Massachusetts in sixth place.(Concord)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... For the second year, Vermont is ranked as being the healthiest state in the nation by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the ...
The Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion has joined the state's Open Invitation initiative, a new business recruitment program launched last month and aimed at attracting Massachusetts firms to the state.(Gilford)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... The Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion has joined the state's Open Invitation initiative, a new business recruitment program launched last month and aimed at attracting Massachusetts firms to the state. Overseen by the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development's Business Resource ...
Kathy Underwood, president and chief executive of Ledyard National Bank, will become a board director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in January.(Hanover)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Kathy Underwood, president and chief executive of Ledyard National Bank, will become a board director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in January. As one of nine board directors at the Boston Fed, ...
Former Fidelity Investments President James C. Curvey and his family have donated more than 11 acres of lakefront property to Brewster Academy to provide scholarships to students in the greater Alton/Wolfeboro area.(Wolfeboro)
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Former Fidelity Investments President James C. Curvey and his family have donated more than 11 acres of lakefront property to Brewster ...
Sovereign Bank will eliminate 15 positions in New Hampshire as part of a company-wide reduction of 1,000 positions.(Manchester)(Sovereign Bank F.S.B.)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Sovereign Bank will eliminate 15 positions in New Hampshire as part of a company-wide reduction of 1,000 positions. The reductions will begin immediately and continue ...
Rick Minard has stepped down as president of New Hampshire Audubon, whose board has decided to go without a full-time president as the nonprofit works to find a solution for its long-standing budget woes and a way out of recession.(Concord)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Rick Minard has stepped down as president of New Hampshire Audubon, whose board has decided to go without a full-time president as the nonprofit works to find a solution for its long-standing budget woes ...
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has named former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu to replace Sen. Judd Gregg on the panel overseeing the financial bailout.(Washington, D.C.)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has named former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu to replace Sen. Judd Gregg on the panel overseeing the ...
Skyhaven Airport in Rochester will be operated by the Pease Development Authority.(Portsmouth)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Skyhaven Airport in Rochester will be operated by the Pease Development Authority at least until June following a vote of the PDA to extend ...
Polaris Direct has been recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as the sixth fastest-growing women-owned company in the nation.(Hooksett)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Polaris Direct has been recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as the sixth fastest-growing women-owned company in the nation. Polaris, a direct ...
Suit charges cover-up by GT Solar execs.
Jan 02, 2009; ... GT Solar knew for months that it was selling defective equipment that could explode and that it was in danger of losing its biggest customer, but covered up the information from investors in launching a half-billion dollar initial public offering on July 24, 2008. according to a filing ...
GT Solar.(The Bottom Line)
Jan 02, 2009 ... GT Solar (SOLR) has hired Hoil Kim as general counsel and vice president. Kim is a specialist in strategic development and emerging markets ....
iCaD Inc.(The Bottom Line)(SecondLook digital CAD technology )(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... iCaD Inc. (ICAD) announced that its SecondLook digital CAD technology customized for use with Agfa HealthCare's Computed Radiography Systems is now available throughout Europe iCAD has ...
Northeast Utilities (NU) and NSTAR have filed for permission with U.S. energy regulators to build a power line from Quebec to New England that would transmit at least 1,200 megawatts of low-carbon hydropower.(The Bottom Line)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Northeast Utilities (NU) and NSTAR have filed for permission with U.S. energy regulators to build a power line from Quebec to New England that would transmit at least 1,200 ...
Presstek Inc.(The Bottom Line)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Presstek Inc. (PRST) has announced that Jeft Jacobson, currently president and chief executive, assumed the additional role of chairman of the board, ...
SkillSoft PLC (SKIL) and Sun Microsystems have entered into a new agreement under which SkillSoft will market and distribute Sunauthored e-learning courseware for Sun's latest Java and Solaris software solutions.(The Bottom Line)(SkillSoft U.K. Ltd. )(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... SkillSoft PLC (SKIL) and Sun Microsystems have entered into a new agreement under which SkillSoft will market and distribute Sun-authored e-learning courseware for Sun's latest lava and Solaris software ...
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)
Jan 02, 2009 ... <Pre> Stock Check Representing a basket of stocks from N.H.-based companies or those doing a significant amount of business in the state12/29 12/11% SYMBOLNAME CLOSING CLOSINGCHANGE AIG AMER ...
We've made progress in fixing retirement system: the Legislature enacted important and long overdue changes to protect the system's future.(N.H. opinions)
Jan 02, 2009; ... The New Hampshire Retirement System was set up to provide retirement benefits for municipal, county and state employees. It is funded by contributions from employees, employers (i.e the municipalities) and the state general fund. In fact, the state contributes a full 35 percent of the ...
Region is ready for economic stimulus.(INFRASTRUCTURE)
Jan 02, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama and his economic team have added their voices to the growing chores of policy experts, state officials and industry representatives calling on Congress to include transportation infrastructure spending as part of an economic stimulus package. The New England ...
Hammond's view.(N.H. opinions)(Cartoon)
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Come ...
Simply reaching out has a big impact: when good people work together good things begin to happen.(NONPROFITS)
Jan 02, 2009; ... "The Circle of a Good Life" is more than just the theme to Moore Center Services' recent annual meeting. In fact, its meaning has perhaps never been clearer than it is in today's challenging times, as people are struggling to recover from the latest ice storm and continuing to face the ...
The protocols of capital punishment.(DEATH PENALTY)
Jan 02, 2009; ... In New Hampshire's private sector, killing for hire is a capital crime, punishable by death. In the public sector, though, killing is a bureaucratic procedure. In the wake of a jury's decision to sentence Michael Addison to death, the state's personnel office could soon find itself hiring ...
Cheap food comes at a high cost.(AGRICULTURE)(Report)
Jan 02, 2009; ... In 1948, my grandfather paid 55 cents for a dozen eggs to serve at the Whitefield eatery that still bears his name. That was a whopping price, when you consider that, back then, the average family earned less than $10 a day, or the equivalent 17 dozen eggs. It is easy to see why so many ...
NHBR about town.
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Shown at the Greater Hudson Chamber of Commerce's recent Holiday Auction for Charity to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society are, left to right: Jerod Colley of Citizens Bank, Hudson; Steve Flaherty of Sam's Club, Hudson; Steven Forkey of Web Action ...
Teach them how to think for themselves.(Improving Performance)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Our school committee wants to buy laptops for all the students in the high school that's being built. It's probably a good way to ensure the students will never be able to do much on their own. The rationale goes something like, "We have to teach kids the way they want to learn." ...
2008 comes to an end, thankfully.(Cook on Concord)(death of attorney Charles Griffin and Arthur Nighswander)(John E. Sununu has retired and Jeanne Shaheen has appointed at Congress. Senate)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Most of us are grateful that 2008 is over. A few observations and thoughts about the year just ended: First, near the end of the year, two centenarian attorneys passed away. Charles Griffin of Portsmouth died earlier in the fall, just in time for Arthur Nighswander to become 100 ...
Managing a life lived in overdrive.(minding your biz)
Jan 02, 2009; ... You know you're a member of the "Sandwich Generation" if: * You collapse into bed every night feeling mentally and physically exhausted * Your day has been about everyone else-taking care of your aging parents, taking care of your children and your ...
Are you ready for the next generation of workers?(Corporate Leadership)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Much as we like to celebrate our individuality, we are all products of our generation. In the workplace, people who grew up during World War II and the Great Depression tend to value tradition, formal communications and loyalty. Baby boomers who grew up between 1946 and 1964 are ...
Working smarter when you can't work any harder.(minding your biz)
Jan 02, 2009; ... You aren't sleeping well. You have maxed out your line of credit, sales are down and the economy is going south. You've cut every cost you could--and some you probably shouldn't have. You don't know what else to do. Business process analysis is a tool to help organizations work ...
State's first commercial biodiesel plant opens in Nashua: the facility turns used restaurant grease into fuel.(going GREEN)
Jan 02, 2009; ... When you're creating a startup company in old industrial space like a former Nashua Corp. building near the Nashua Millyard, you don't sketch out your ideas on the back of a napkin--you do it on a chunk of old drywall. "This is our cocktail napkin," joked Kevin Batchelder, ...
Greenhouse gas sale brings $4 million to N.H.(GOING GREEN)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... New Hampshire received slightly over $4 million from a Dec. 19 auction of greenhouse-gas pollution rights, money that will be used to pay for programs that aid energy efficiency in the state. The second quarterly auction of the 10-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative--the ...
DES denies Bethlehem landfill permit.(GOING GREEN)(Department of Environmental Services)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... The state Department of Environmental Services has denied a permit to North Country Environmental Services, which sought to expand its landfill in Bethlehem. North Country Environmental, a subsidiary of Casella Waste Systems of Montpelier, Vt., has owned the landfill on Trudeau ...
Understanding what a venture capitalist's 'no' means.(Growing Your Business)
Jan 02, 2009; ... In metro markets like Boston, it is said that a venture investor looks at 100 deals, spends time on 10 and commits capital to one--pretty bleak odds if you're an entrepreneur looking for capital. In part, it's a supply-and-demand thing -more demand for early-stage venture ...
Take the time to re-evaluate your business insurance: soft market is an opportunity for savings, expanded coverage.(BANKING)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Business owners often put their insurance program on autopilot, automatically renewing their policies without comparison-shopping or closely examining what has changed in their business. That might have been OK in boom times, but today; when most businesses can't afford to waste a cent, ...
Northeast Bank ok'd for Portsmouth office.(BANKING)(Northeast Bank (Minneapolis, Minnesota))(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Maine-based Northeast Bank has received regulatory approval to open a loan production office at 132 Chapel St., Portsmouth, where it will offer mortgage, personal and commercial loan services. "Northeast is an established name in Maine, and we're starting to see our business ...
MYPN, SNHU kick off start-up challenge: competitors vie for $25,000, in-kind services.(BANKING)(Manchester Young Professionals Network)(Southern New Hampshire University)
Jan 02, 2009 ... The 20 participants in the New Hampshire Start-Up Challenge, a collaborative business plan competition and entrepreneurial program of the Manchester Young Professionals Network and Southern New Hampshire University, have been selected to compete in a 10-week entrepreneurial boot camp to ...
Citizens pays customers for reducing paper.(BANKING)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Under a recently launched program, Citizens Bank customers will be able to earn money for helping the environment by reducing paper through an incentive program that pays customers cash for making electronic-banking payment transactions. "At Citizens, we are committed to ...
Tom Champagne, director of community outreach at St. Mary's Bank, presents Kathy L. DesRoches, director of workforce development at Manchester Community College, with a $2,800 donation to help cover costs of operating the college's new English as Second Language Cafe.(BANKING)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Tom Champagne, director of community outreach at St. Mary's Bank, center, presents Kathy L. DesRoches, director of workforce development at ...
At the presentation of the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2008 New Hampshire SBA Lender Award for Outstanding Overall Contribution are Laconia Savings Bank's Dick Holden, business banking officer, Mark Primeau, the bank's president and chief executive, Amy Sharp, business banking officer, SBA District Director Witmer Jones and John Martin, business banking officer.(BANKING)
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: At the presentation of the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2008 New Hampshire SBA Lender Award for Outstanding Overall Contribution are, from left, Laconia Savings Bank's Dick Holden, business ...
Anti-harassment policy is the best defense.(A Question of Employment Law)
Jan 02, 2009; ... Claire, president of the ABC Company asks Tom, manager of the human resources department, what steps the company needs to take to help protect itself against sexual harassment lawsuits. Tom reports a recent case where the court dismissed a sexual harassment claim because the employer took ...
A 21st century courtroom.(THE LAW)(Franklin Pierce Law Center)(ForTheRecord software)(Brief article)
Jan 02, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A new courtroom at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord--unveiled in December--will be used to train law students using some of the most up-to-date courtroom technology. The school is the first institution in the world to use ForTheRecord ...