Latest Links: Hassan Snags Concord Police Union Endorsement, Gov. Candidates Debate Public Safety Funding

New Hampshire’s Business And Economic News In Brief

Concord police union endorses Hassan, Murray – “The Concord Police Patrolmen’s Association has endorsed Democrat Maggie Hassan for governor and Republican Scott Murray for Merrimack County attorney.” Concord Monitor

Gubernatorial candidates differ on retirement, budget fixes – “Neither Ovide Lamontagne nor Maggie Hassan wants politics to infect legislative policy debate, especially when it would affect the law enforcement community. Neither also has an inclination to ban medical marijuana or broaden the state’s current death penalty. But the would-be governors took different tacks on how each would go about “fixing” the state’s public employee retirement fund or whether state budget cuts have made it more difficult for police to do their jobs, at Sunday’s roughly 90-minute town meeting-style debate centered around public safety and N.H. law enforcement. “ Nashua Telegraph

Accusations swirl around failed USA Springs bailout – “When Bill Gianopoulos put down $1.2 million — the rest of his life savings — to help USA Springs out of bankruptcy in the summer of 2011, he never dreamed he would be hiring a Swiss attorney in a long-shot attempt to get it back. Gianopoulos has been caught up in an international financial mess that includes frozen Swiss bank accounts, dubious Brazilian bonds, an executive under indefinite detention in Switzerland, an FBI investigation, secretly taped meetings, missing escrow funds, an uncollectible multimillion-dollar judgment, accusations of fraud, and money winding up in the hands of various professionals in Las Vegas.” New Hampshire Business Review

Business expo at UNH hopes to attract thousands – “Chambers of commerce from throughout the region are coming together Thursday to present the largest business networking event of the year at the University of New Hampshire.” SeacoastOnline.com