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New Hampshire’s Business And Economic News In Brief

Hassan defends record in Legislature in first debate with Lamontagne – “Republican Ovide Lamontagne and Democrat Maggie Hassan politely fired political hay makers at one another on fiscal and social issues during their first gubernatorial debate Wednesday.” Nashua Telegraph

Presstek merger details revealed in proxy  – “Presstek Inc.’s top three executives could be paid a total of $3.2 million in severance if the proposed sale of the printing equipment manufacturer to the American Industrial Partners (AIP) private equity firm is completed, according to the preliminary version of a proxy that will eventually be sent to shareholders for their approval. The 50-cent-a-share deal – with an equity value of $18.7 million — would mean the end of Presstek as a public company, but neither the merger agreement nor the proxy spells out what will happen to the workforce at the Greenwich, Conn.-based company’s biggest facility in Hudson, N.H.” New Hampshire Business Review

Dover: Ryan: Reverse dependency – “Reviving the economy is the way to help Americans rise out of poverty and reverse growing dependence on government welfare programs under President Obama, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told a Seacoast audience yesterday.” Concord Monitor

Northern Pass officials say towers can be 85 feet – “Northern Pass officials have found a way to shorten the 79 transmission towers planned through the White Mountain National Forest in an effort to make the proposed hydropower project more palatable.” Concord Monitor