N.H. home sales drop 23 percent in August.(REAL ESTATE &
CONSTRUCTION)(Brief article)
New Hampshire home sales dropped 23 percent in August 2008 from the
same month a year ago.
According to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, unit sales
of single-family homes in August 2008 . . .
How to steer clear of 'greenwashing': making false or
misleading environmental claims can mean trouble.(GOING GREEN)
Businesses caught up in the stiff competition or consumers with
green preferences are making more and broader claims about their
environmental products or the environmental benefits of their . . .
NHBR: 30 years and counting.(NHBR's BIG 3.0)(New Hampshire
Business Review)
NHBR is celebrating 30 years of reporting on business news and
trends. Here are the 10 biggest business news stories of the past three
decades, as selected by our readers in our online "Big . . .
Should your company have a blog?(Search Engine Marketing)
Blogging is a fairly recent phenomenon that has caught on fast in
the corporate world, primarily because it allows businesses to have
dynamic, real-time communication with customers and . . .
NHBR about town.
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1 Tina Grebloski, and Lakisha Jones manned the Van Otis Chocolates
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Developers file new CVS plan in Concord.(REAL ESTATE &
CONSTRUCTION)(Brief article)
Developers have revived a plan to build a new CVS drugstore on
North State and Penacook streets in Concord in the wake of a rejection
by the Concord Zoning Board in September.
Attorney Richard . . .
Habitat chapter ReStores building supplies: the Dover store
features usable home improvement and building supplies donated
contr
When a contractor demolishes a property, usable items often go the
landfill. But a New Hampshire chapter of Habitat for Humanity had
another idea.
Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity has . . .
A-B plant, container maker win P2 awards.(going GREEN)
Anheuser-Busch Inc's Merrimack facility and Southeastern
Container Inc. of Hudson have been named the winners of this year's
Governor's Award for Pollution Prevention.
The companies will be . . .
Will Wall Street kill Main Street?(Selling with
Nadilo)(Column)
The date is 9/18/08. I've been trying to think about what to
write for my column, but the Wall Street mess this week is hanging very
heavy on me and everyone I know. I'm having a hard time getting . . .
Memories of Paul Newman, a N.H. visitor.(Cook on Concord)(In
memoriam)
The late Paul Newman was not just a great actor, philanthropist and
race car driver, he also had connections to New Hampshire politics.
On primary election night in 1968, Newman, supporting . . .
N.H. construction contracts plummet in August.(REAL ESTATE &
CONSTRUCTION)
Pending construction contracts in New Hampshire declined
significantly across the board in August.
According to McGraw-Hill Construction, an industry information
service, contracts for future . . .
The University of New Hampshire has entered into a licensing
agreement with Itaconix LLC to commercialize a green chemistry proc
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Caption: The University of New Hampshire has entered into a
licensing agreement with Itaconix LLC to commercialize a green chemistry
process developed by the university's . . .
Online video offers a competitive edge.(Working with
Video)
Fueled by the need to stay competitive, companies are turning to
online video as the solution to their knowledge transfer requirements.
Online video has the capability of reaching a globally . . .
John and Bill's excellent venture.(Growing Your
Business)(John LaPlante)(Bill Larkins)(Interview)
John LaPlante and Bill Larkins met as undergraduates at M/Z
Following school, they went their separate ways--LaPlante got into
off-road racing as a design engineer; Larkins worked in startups . . .
Who's best for small business?
Barack Obama
Small businesses are the very foundation of our economy. They are
the trainer, as the first employers of more than two-thirds of our
workforce. They invest in the community rather . . .
HUD sending money to ease foreclosure effects.(REAL ESTATE &
CONSTRUCTION)(housing and urban development)(Brief article)
The federal government is sending New Hampshire nearly $20 million
to help respond to high numbers of mortgage foreclosures.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development says the grant
money . . .
New Hampshire's top business lawyers.(LAW)
Each year, the national polling firm Woodward-White performs an
exhaustive search for the country's top attorneys and publishes
their names in its comprehensive volume, "The Best Lawyers . . .
Green economy effort sees 9,000 new N.H. jobs.(going
GREEN)
A coalition of New Hampshire business and development groups is
taking the lead in promoting what they see as a green economic recovery
program that they say can create 2 million new jobs . . .
Branding a business with 'earned media'.(Beyond
Ads)
A trying economy is the best time to increase efforts to further
establish and expand the business "brand" for customers,
present and prospective, as competitors foolishly reduce their . . .
Who are you trying to punish?(Improving
Performance)(Column)
"We need a change! We have to get rid of Bush and all his
cronies and let the Democrats in."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, Bush gives tax breaks to the rich and the corporations.
We need to . . .
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