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May 9, 2012

Survey Gives NH “A” In Small Business Friendliness…But With A Catch

Here’s a news tip courtesy of our sister site, StateImpact Idaho. The Kauffman Foundation and online hiring service Thumbtack.com surveyed more than 6,000 small business owners. The questions covered an array of topics, including: Overall small business-friendliness, ease of starting a business, hiring costs, regulations, training programs, networking programs, and current economic health. And when […]

May 7, 2012

Stimulus Funding Dries Up For Eco-Biz Incubator

The challenge of growing New Hampshire’s green economy just got more difficult. Federal stimulus funding for the state’s chief eco-friendly business incubator dried up at the end of April. Now, the University of New Hampshire‘s Green Launching Pad program is rooting around for private funding to keep the program going. Although early GLP grant funding […]

May 2, 2012

Staying Afloat: One NH Fisherman’s Struggle To Keep Fishing

This week, commercial fishermen began trawling the seafloor off New Hampshire for cod and other signature New England catches. But Ed Eastman, who has been groundfishing off the coast for 31 years, was not among them. Regulations governing groundfishing became too burdensome, he says, and he could no longer earn a living wage. Last year, […]

May 1, 2012

NH Plays Waiting Game For Foreclosure Settlement Money

After announcing New Hampshire’s share of a $43 billion multi-state settlement with the country’s biggest banks, the Granite State’s officially in waiting-game-mode. Although the settlement was announced in February, it didn’t get the official approval until April. Now, banks have to sift through paperwork, which could take months. As Jake Berry explains in the Nashua […]

NH Bookstore Flips The Script On Struggling Indie Bookseller Narrative

The fact that developer Steve Duprey has another project in the works isn’t terribly surprising. What is rather intriguing about his latest venture–a 70,000 square foot, five floor edifice on South Main Street in Concord–is one of the slated tenants: A much-expanded Gibson’s Bookstore. Ben Leubsdorf of the Concord Monitor writes: “Duprey said he’s particularly […]

April 26, 2012

Follow-Up: Opposition Crystallizes Against So-Called “Agent Orange Corn”

One of our most popular posts has been our Q&A with former Stonyfield CEO and organic food crusader Gary Hirshberg. A substantial part of our interview revolved around a new kind of genetically modified corn designed to withstand harsher chemical treatment. Opponents (like Hirshberg) have taken to calling it “Agent Orange corn.” At the time […]

April 18, 2012

What A Small Firm’s Challenge To PSNH Could Mean For The Future Of The Electricity Market

More than a decade ago, the New Hampshire legislature partially deregulated its electricity market. The move was supposed to allow residential customers the chance to buy power from companies other than Public Service of New Hampshire, which dominates the state’s electricity market. But for a long time, nothing really happened. Now, NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown reports […]

April 17, 2012

WiValley Battles Topography And Budgets To Connect Monadnocks

Brian Foucher traveled some 300 days a year for business. When the Harrisville, N.H., resident was home, he telecommuted to meetings around the globe, but found his Internet connection so poor his employer became frustrated. With a wife and young family at home, that kind of work life was quickly growing old. Foucher’s initiative to […]

April 16, 2012

Dartmouth College President Will Head World Bank

It’s official: Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim will head the World Bank starting in July. But the New York Times’ Annie Lowrey reports that this time around, the board’s vote was more than just a rubber-stamping process: “While the selection of Dr. Kim by the bank’s 25-member executive board was no surprise, the board […]

April 12, 2012

Why The Eurozone Crisis Matters To New Hampshire’s Economy

To people not directly involved in fixing, analyzing, or monitoring the Eurozone crisis, it can take on the character of black magic. And it’s easy to think that the dark arts of the European Central Bank’s low-interest lending initiatives, national bond auctions, and bailout talk have little bearing on our daily lives. In fact, they […]

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