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Articles in category: New Hampshire News
Professor, consultant among N.H. governor hopefuls
Explore Home - Brattleboro Reformer (Sep 10 2012)
A consultant, two business lawyers and a business professor are among the choices voters have in Tuesday's primary election for New Hampshire governor.
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Entergy, Northeast Utilities among Site Selection's 'Top Utilities in Economic Development'
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Sep 5 2012)
Site Selection magazine has selected Northeast Utilities among the annual Top Utilities in Economic Development, based on the following mix of objective and subjective criteria.
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Northeast home sales up, prices down, survey found
Explore Business News (Aug 9 2012)
Sales of existing homes in the Northeast increased by 10.6 percent in the second quarter compared to a year ago while median prices fell, according to the National Association of Realtors. The upward trend in volume is reflected in all regions of the U.S. But a lack of inventory, notably in lower price ranges, is limiting buyer choices nationwide, according to the NAR’s latest quarterly report. At the end of the second quarter, there were 2.39 million existing homes available for sale, 24.4 percent…
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New England's economy more linked with Europe than most of the U.S.
Explore PRI: Public Radio International (Aug 9 2012)
Every state has natural trading partners. Texas sends a lot of stuff to neighboring Mexico. Michigan favors Canada. The state of Washington likes to send its products across the Pacific.
The Atlantic economy features a lot of trade in high-tech gadgets: computers and electronics, aviation equipment and pharmaceutical devices.
But New England doesn't just trade across the Atlantic. Mayer pointed out that Europe has also heavily invested in New England companies: major banks in New England are European-owned, the largest supermarket, Stop and Shop, is Dutch-owned. European companies have also started buying up Boston-area biotechs.
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Northeast Utilities Helps States, Companies Promote Assets at World's Largest Aerospace Event
Explore Team New England Blog (Jul 16 2012)
Team New England's Dave Driver helped coordinate state and regional marketing efforts at the international Farnborough (U.K.) Air Show, a business-to-business event in England featuring 1,500 exhibits from 16 states and 46 countries vying for new aerospace business. The show hosted 300,000 visitors with some $72 billion worth of contracts signed as of the end of the five-day event. Specifically, Driver accompanied Connecticut Economic & Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith and 14 Conn. manufacturers in search of new aerospace contracts and overseas companies that want to launch new operations in the United States. Connecticut firms showcased their ...
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N.H. businesses concerned about health costs, taxes
Explore Home - Brattleboro Reformer (Jul 12 2012)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's statewide chamber of commerce says businesses are still concerned about high health care and energy costs, as well as high business taxes.
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Vermont leads ‘Best of New England’ collaborative marketing effort at global aerospace show
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Jul 9 2012)
The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has organized regional cooperation around a marketing and sales development effort at the Farnborough Air Show, July 9-13, 2012 in Hampshire, UK. The show is a platform for 1,300+ exhibitors from the private, commercial, civil and military sectors. The show is specifically designed to facilitate tailor-made opportunities to meet, negotiate and announce business transactions. It is the largest, most internationally attended aerospace event in the world. Five Vermont businesses will exhibit in the ‘Best of New England’ booth in the show’s U.S.A. Pavilion [1]along with businesses and economic development staff ...
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Vermont has lowest labor costs for car repairs in nation
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Jun 21 2012)
Vermont had the lowest labor costs for car repairs in the nation in 2011 as states experienced an overall drop in repair costs in 2011. With parts costs, Vermont ranked 47th and New Hampshire, with the second lowest labor costs, was 44th overall.
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200 left jobless as NorAm leaves New Hampshire
Explore Business News (Jun 1 2012)
NorAm International Partners of Hudson, N.H., one of New Hampshire's fastest-growing companies, is leaving New England for Kentucky, and is in the process leaving 200 people out of a job, the Telegraph of Nashua reports.NorAm services, refurbishes and resells CDs, DVDs, books, and electronics obtained through customer returns, overstock, warranty programs and third-party customer electronics repairs. The company's CEO told the Telegraph that the NorAm needs more space than New Hampshire can provide.
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97 New England startups are MassChallenge finalists
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (May 30 2012)
Nearly 100 New England companies have made it to the MassChallenge list of 125 finalists - 90 from Massachusetts, three from Rhode Island, one from New Hampshire, one from Vermont and two from Connecticut. Boston-based MassChallenge, which runs a $1M startup accelerator and competition to foster growth of new businesses, said 67 of those finalists are in the high tech or life sciences industries.
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Vermont homes prices lost nearly 5 percent in one year
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (May 8 2012)
Vermont home prices fell 4.8 percent over the last year, according to a national rating service. This put Vermont eighth worst, one spot ahead of seventh worst New Hampshire in prices for single-family homes.
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Home sales up in New England
Explore wwlp.com (Apr 21 2012)
The latest housing report from RE/MAX of New England has some good news for the region.
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New England recovery continuing, Fed says
Explore RutlandHerald.com (Apr 15 2012)
New England’s economic recovery advanced at a moderate pace over the past several weeks, as businesses across a variety of industries reported increasing revenues and some modest hiring, according to a survey released last week by the Federal Reserve. ... - The Boston Globe
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Watts Water Technologies Relocates Manufacturing Plant From China to Franklin, New Hampshire
Explore Area Development Online (Mar 28 2012)
Watts Water Technologies and its Webster Valve subsidiary will make a multi-million dollar investment in a 30,000-square-foot plant complex that will bring an estimated 100 manufacturing jobs from China to Franklin, New Hampshire.
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont among top ten for college degree attainment
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Mar 27 2012)
According to the report, A Stronger Nation through Higher Education, 38.3 percent of working-age Americans (ages 25-64) held a two- or four-year college degree in 2010. That rate is up modestly from 2009, when the rate was 38.1 percent and 2008, when the rate was 37.9 percent. The report measures progress toward Goal 2025 which is a national movement to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025. Vermont, at 44.07%, ranked 10th in the nation.
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N.H. lawn groomer expands into CT
Explore HartfordBusiness.com (Feb 7 2012)
A New Hampshire lawncare company has expanded into leafy Connecticut with the purchase of a Hartford area lawn-grooming business.
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Northeast greenhouse gas emissions drop 11 percent
Explore HartfordBusiness.com (Jan 11 2012)
Emissions of greenhouse gases from power plants in the Northeast declined 11 percent in 2011, according to a study by Rockport, Maine non-profit Environment Northeast. (Read Full Article)
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N.H. farmers eye Vermont's farm-to-school project as model
Explore Home - Brattleboro Reformer (Dec 7 2011)
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 KEENE, N.H. - The ongoing success of Windham County's farm to school initiatives has led to farmers across the Connecticut River asking how they can better connect within New Hampshire. (Read Full Article)
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Lowe's closing 20 underperforming stores, two in NH, one in Maine
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 17 2011)
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) announced today the company is closing 20 underperforming stores in 15 states (three in New Hampshire, including the one in Claremont, and two in Maine). Vermont has only two Lowe's stores, both in Chittenden County, which are not effected. By comparison, there are 15 total stores in New Hampshire and 12 in Maine. See closure list below. read more (Read Full Article)
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Lowe's closing one Mass. location, seven in New England
Explore Business News (Oct 17 2011)
Lowe's Companies closed its Haverhill, Mass., store over the weekend and is in the process of closing six others in New England, North Carolina-based home improvement chain said Monday. The Haverhill closing put 103 people out of work, according to a notice Lowe's filed with the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Lowe's said employees would get pay and benefits for 60-to-90 days. The store is located at 25 Computer Drive in Haverhill. According to public records, the property is owned by a limited liability corporation that ultimately is owned by Koffler GID Haverhill of ... (Read Full Article)
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Northern NH biomass plant begins construction
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (Oct 10 2011)
State and local officials were on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a $275 million, 75 megawatt biomass power plant in the northern New Hampshire city of Berlin. (Read Full Article)
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FairPoint Communications launches wholesale E-Line services for Vermont, NH, Maine
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 4 2011)
FairPoint Communications has announced its release of Carrier Ethernet products specifically designed for the wholesale market. read more (Read Full Article)
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New England scores seven ARPA-E awards
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (Sep 29 2011)
The U.S. Department of Energy revealed 60 new research projects in 25 states today as recipients of $156 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding. Of those 60, seven stem from universities and organizations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. (Read Full Article)
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Vermont solar tracker manufacturer expands through northern New England
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Sep 14 2011)
The dealer partnership between installer ReVision Energy and solar tracker manufacturer AllEarth Renewables of Williston, Vermont, was announced today. The new partnership will bring the innovative Vermont-manufactured AllSun Tracker solar electric system to homeowners and businesses throughout northern New England. read more (Read Full Article)
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