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October 13, 2011

Update: What A Billionaire Actually Bought In New Hampshire

Yesterday I forwarded along an interesting piece of info from Forbes about how billionaire John Malone is now the largest landowner in the US. That’s thanks to a million acre purchase covering parts of New Hampshire and Maine. So I wanted to know, where is this land? And how much of it was actually in […]

October 12, 2011

Home Heating Prices To Hit Record High In Northeast

New England will have record heating costs this winter Households in the Northeast that use oil for heat will pay record prices this winter–that’s according to a new federal report from the US Energy Information Administration. Heating oil prices are expected to increase by almost ten percent this winter. The price of oil has doubled […]

New Hampshire Purchase Launches Businessman To Top Land Baron Status

Here’s an interesting bit of post-Columbus Day news, courtesy of Forbes. John Malone, the billionaire behind the Liberty Media empire, just bought a million acres of land in New Hampshire and Maine. As reporter Daniel Fisher writes, “Earlier this year Malone passed fellow media mogul Ted Turner to become America’s Biggest Landowner with 2.2 million […]

October 6, 2011

New Hampshire Ranks High In High Tech Jobs

New Hampshire has a higher percentage of high-paying high-tech jobs than most of the country. According to TechAmerica Foundation–a research arm of the industry–the state ranks ninth in concentration of high-tech employment. That translates to 7.3 percent of the New Hampshire workforce. That’s above the national average at 5 percent. The foundation analyzed numbers from […]

October 3, 2011

How The Struggling Balsams Resort Fits Into The Larger Problems Faced By Historic Hotels

New Hampshire’s grand hotels–including The Balsams Grand Resort at Dixville Notch–are the focus of an AP piece today examining how historic hotels nationwide are struggling in a bad economy. The fact that the Balsams is having a hard time is not really news to anyone who’s been keeping up with the hotel’s saga. But here’s […]

September 30, 2011

New Hampshire’s Small Employers Grapple with Higher Health Insurance Rates

By this time you might know that New Hampshire has some of the highest health insurance rates in the country. The state is among the 10 most expensive places in the US to buy health insurance. At the same time we rank second in the nation, right behind Massachusetts, for high numbers of private employers who offer health coverage for their […]

BJ’s Wholesale Club Has New Owners

BJ’s Wholesale Club has new owners, and its common stock will be falling off the New York Stock Exchange…at least for now. In a press release issued today, private equity firms Leonard Green&Partners and CVC Capital Partners announced they bought the club. According to the announcement, BJ’s stockholders approved the sale earlier this month. The […]

New Objections To Northern Pass

There’s another wrinkle in the Northern Pass controversy, with a number of smaller New England utilities–and potential Northern Pass competitors–coming out in opposition to the project. Annmarie Timmins reports today in the Concord Monitor that the New England Power Generators Association objects to Northern Pass on a number of grounds: “Changes to the state’s eminent […]

September 27, 2011

How Junk Mail Is Helping To Prop Up The Postal Service

There’s no doubt the US Postal Service is struggling. It faces a multi-billion dollar deficit, and is considering closing thousands of post offices. For years, the USPS has been complaining that email is eating into its market share. And they’re probably right. After all, how many letters, cards, and packages do you usually get in […]

Why New Hampshire Is Second In The Nation For Employees With Health Insurance

The US Census Bureau delivered some interesting numbers that are difficult to understand. New Hampshire’s private sector workers have the second highest rate of health insurance in the US. Massachusetts, with its mandated coverage, is number one. That state requires larger employers to provide health insurance to employees. But how did New Hampshire with its relatively small […]

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